date format

[vkot]

The date format should be customizable. In Europe we use the day before the month, so now I have to change by hand every "m/d/Y" to "d/m/y" in every date() function in classifieds.template.php. Also, I change "h:i a" to "H:i" because we don't use "am/pm" in Greece.
The type of format should be in a variable or constant, somewhere.

Also, how can I change the display of time left in the listings index? It shows something like: 107d 4h 21m. I want to change the letters d, h, m.

[SMFHacks]

Good idea.


Second part is found in the Sources/Classifieds.php
Search for countdown

[vkot]

Continuing my thought, after seeing this post: http://www.smfhacks.com/index.php/topic,2958.0.html ...

The problem is that anyone who wants to change the date format has to do these changes everytime Classifieds.template.php is updated (new version), and there are a lot of them changes! (date("m/d/Y appears many times in the script)

One simple thing would be to put the date and time formats in constant variables, at the top of the script.

[RCMF]

thanks, a simple search and replace changed it in second.

Gerry

[SMFHacks]

Added to 1.2.13 of classifieds to allow more customization of the date format.

[vkot]

You have to change the admin listing form too (index.php?action=classifieds;sa=adminlisting) because the date format is hardcoded to m/d/Y. For example:

Code: [Select]

<input type="text" name="month1" size="2" value="1" />/<input type="text" name="day1" size="2" value="1" />/<input type="text" name="year1" size="4" value="2007" />
- <input type="text" name="month2" size="2" value="',date("m"),'" />/<input type="text" name="day2" size="2" value="',date("d"),'" />/<input type="text" name="year2" size="4" value="',date("Y"),'" />
Also, the letters 'h', 'm', 's' should be in the language file...

Code: [Select]

  if ($days_left > 0)
  {
  echo $days_left . 'd ' . $hours_left  . 'h ' . $minutes_left . 'm';
  }
  else
  {
  if ($hours_left > 0)
  echo $hours_left  . 'h ' . $minutes_left . 'm';
  else
  {
 
  if ($minutes_left > 0)
  echo $minutes_left . 'm ' . $seconds_left . 's';
  else
  {
  if ($seconds_left > 0)
  echo  $seconds_left . 's';
 
  }
  }
  }


[SMFHacks]

Not sure how I want to handle the admin area to change the listings.
Did do the second part
!Date characters for h d m s for countdown timer moved to language file

[vkot]

You have to change the admin listing form too (index.php?action=classifieds;sa=adminlisting) because the date format is hardcoded to m/d/Y.

There is already a "date format" setting in smfclassifieds settings, so, it can be used for the admin listing form too.