function SimpleNewsSchedulerWebTestCase::format_date_helper in Simplenews Scheduler 6.2

Workaround helper for format_date() to fix timezone issues.

This takes care of calculating the right offset to pass to the $timezone parameter.

Parameters

$date: A PHP DateTime object.

...: Other params same as format_date(). $timezone is ignored.

Return value

As format_date().

See also

http://drupal.org/node/1528598.

2 calls to SimpleNewsSchedulerWebTestCase::format_date_helper()

SimpleNewsSchedulerDaylightSavingSwitchTest::testDSTMonthly in tests/simplenews_scheduler.test

Test edition time after DST changes for a monthly newsletter.

SimpleNewsSchedulerNodeCreationTest::testNewsletterGeneration in tests/simplenews_scheduler.test

Basic simplenews newsletter generation test create a simplenews node,

File

tests/simplenews_scheduler.test, line 57

Tests for Simplenews Scheduler.

Class

SimpleNewsSchedulerWebTestCase

Class with common setup.

Code

function format_date_helper($date, $type = 'medium', $format = '', $timezone = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {

  // Build the right offset to give to format_date(), because it's stupid.
  $format_date_offset = $this->site_timezone_object
    ->getOffset($date);
  return format_date($date
    ->getTimestamp(), $type, $format, $format_date_offset);
}