Comments on: Format a Mysql DateTime Field with Zend_Date

By: Ivan Villareal

Ivan Villareal — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:22:40 +0000

Good to know, perhaps you have a newer version of the framework? it always worked for me when passing the date when I do the object instantiation.

By: Matthias K.

Matthias K. — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:34:42 +0000

UPDATE: it seems like I can’t use $fmtDate = new Zend_Date($date, Zend_Date::ISO_8601); directly but rather have to create a Zend_Date instance first and then set() the date and time:

$date = new Zend_Date();
$date->set($dateTimeStringFromMySQL, Zend_Date::ISO_8601);

Although it would be nice to get it working with only one function call, at least I got it to run now.

Best regards

By: Matthias K.

Matthias K. — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:33:00 +0000

Hello,

I am currently struggling with converting MySQL’s datetime format into a Zend_Date object. I’ve tried your code but unfortunately I cannot make Zend_Date to return the correct date or time for datetime values retrieved from the DB.

Did you choose a simple datetime field for modified_date in your example? Or any other varchar value?

Thanks in advance for any clarification.

Best regards