function date_pad in Date 5

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 5.2 date_api.module \date_pad()
2. 6.2 date_api.module \date_pad()
3. 6 date_api.module \date_pad()
4. 7.3 date_api/date_api.module \date_pad()
5. 7 date_api/date_api.module \date_pad()
6. 7.2 date_api/date_api.module \date_pad()

Helper function to left pad date parts with zeros. Provided because this is needed so often with dates.

Parameters

int $value: the value to pad

int $size: total size expected, usually 2 or 4

Return value

string the padded value

1 call to date_pad()

date_ical_parse_date in ./date_api_ical.inc

Parse a ical date element.

File

./date_api.module, line 77

A module that will make the date API available to other modules with no dependencies on CCK. To use it, install the module, then add the following code wherever date api functions are needed:

Code

function date_pad($value, $size = 2) {
  return sprintf("%0" . $size . "d", $value);
}