ConvertDate - Revision history

Shuffle: Created page with "{{Useful Function}} NOTOC This function converts time into a different look ==Syntax== bool convertDate( string data, bool convertTime )
2021-06-03T13:51:36Z

Created page with "{{Useful Function}} NOTOC This function converts time into a different look ==Syntax== <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool convertDate( string data, bool convertTime )</synt..."

New page
{{Useful Function}}
NOTOC
This function converts time into a different look

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">bool convertDate( string data, bool convertTime )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''date''': String of date(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
* '''convertTime''': True/False if the function should also convert the time.

===Returns===
Returns converted date/time.

==Code==
<section name="Function source" class="both" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
months={
[1]="january",
[2]="february",
[3]="march",
[4]="april",
[5]="may",
[6]="june",
[7]="july",
[8]="august",
[9]="september",
[10]="october",
[11]="november",
[12]="december",
}

function convertDate(string,convertTime)
if string then
local format={}
for _,v in ipairs(split(string,"-",""))do
table.insert(format,v)
end
local date=gettok(format[3], 1, string.byte(' ') ).." "..months[tonumber(format[2])].." "..format[1]
if convertTime then
local format={}
for _,v in ipairs(split(string,":",""))do
table.insert(format,v)
end
date=date.." "..gettok(format[1], 2, string.byte(' ') )..":"..format[2]..":"..format[3]
end
return date
end
end
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==Example==
The example shows how to use function.
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
addCommandHandler("getformattime",function(plr)
local time = getRealTime()
local formattime = string.format("%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d", time.year + 1900, time.month + 1, time.monthday, time.hour, time.minute, time.second)
local result=convertDate(formattime)
outputChatBox(result,plr)
end)
</syntaxhighlight>
OR
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
string="2020-05-01 19:53:02"

addCommandHandler("getformattime",function(plr)
local result=convertDate(string,true)
outputChatBox(result,plr)
end)
</syntaxhighlight>

01 may 2020 19:53:02

<br>
Author - Shuffle
</br>
==See Also==
{{Useful_Functions}}