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Implemented: New TWiki::Func::formatTime Function to Format Time into a String

formatTime( $time, $format, $timezone ) ==> $text

Description: Format the time in seconds into the desired time string
Parameter: $time Time in epoc seconds
Parameter: $format Format type, optional. Default e.g. " TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002) - 19:30", can be "iso" (e.g. "2002-12-31T19:30Z"), "rcs" (e.g. "2001/12/31 23:59:59", "http" for HTTP header format (e.g. "Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:21:56 GMT")
Parameter: $timezone either not defined (uses the displaytime setting), "gmtime", or "servertime"
Return: $text Formatted time string
Note: if you used the removed formatGmTime, add a third parameter "gmtime"
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (26 Feb 2004)

-- SvenDowideit - 26 Feb 2004

Discussions

Added docs of feature added on 26 Feb 2004 by SvenDowideit.

-- PeterThoeny - 29 Aug 2004

I was hoping to add yet another format: age, or time difference. Sometimes all you need is how old most recent change is - if it is minutes or hours, display age in munutes/hours. If it is old (days), display date, without hours.

-- PeterMasiar - 31 Aug 2004

 
Topic revision: r3 - 2004-08-31 - 14:14:42 - PeterMasiar
Codev.FormatTime moved from Codev.FuncFormatTime on 2004-08-29 - 08:31 by PeterThoeny - put it back
 
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