Yesterday/Today Datestamp Hack

YESTERDAY/TODAY DATESTAMP HACK - Updated 5/25/02
Tested and working on vB 2.2.1 -> 2.2.6

Description: This hack replaces the standard "05-25-02, 02:45 PM" date with "Today" or "Yesterday" anywhere you have a date posted, if the date matches today's or yesterday's date.

Demo: Installed on vBulletin.org.

The following are add-ons that may be helpful depending on your specific needs.

Extra features:

• Template-based version : Allows you to specify different values for "Today" and "Yesterday" -- useful if you have multiple language style sets on your board. (i.e., you can set the value for today to "Today" in your English style set, and "Aujourd'hui" for your Francais style set.)
  
• Change "You last visited:" to the "Today 08:33PM" format : Due to the way vB was coded, this does not happen by default. Follow the instructions in this link to make this change.
  
• Change the date style to "Today, at 08:33 PM"

Helpful template hacks: Due to the way the standard vB template set handles date columns in forumhome.php and forumdisplay.php, some template changes may be of use:

• To modify forumhome.php: Follow the instructions here
• To modify forumdisplay.php: Follow the instructions here

Comments and criticism are always welcome.
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[Bugz]

Originally posted by glas
I'm using 2.2.9...tried installing it but doesn't work...now there's problems.

http://www.charming-holly.com/hhg

uninstall and retry it i just applyed the hack on my new site forums that are not open yet. so i know they work.

[edit] i just checked an unhacked version of functions and you souldnt even be near the line 812 with this hack [/edit]



bigmattyh remember when I was a dip++++ and asked about why it said at, in my member list I figured it was the template way back when right. so when I just installed it I did it again and was gonna post about it but instead I searched for my post and realized what it was. :cheeky: I helped my self lol.

[glas]

Got it fixed...

[drumsy]

Anyone have this in another format for download other than .rtf?

[Red Blaze]

EDIT: Nevermind about the error, it's fixed thanks to my co-admin. The hack works great.

[Nomb]

For the format "Yesterday/Today, at 6:00 pm" in 2.2.8 (Probably the same for 2.2.9) I just changed this (In admin/functions.php):

PHP Code:

    if ($date==$todaydate) {
      $date="Today";
    }
    if ($date==$yestdate) {
      $date="Yesterday";
    } 


to this:

PHP Code:

    if ($date==$todaydate) {
      $date="Today, at";
    }
    if ($date==$yestdate) {
      $date="Yesterday, at";
    } 


Great Hack!

[jcary]

<i>Edited by jcary:</i> Solved my own problem! Great hack!

Thanks.

Josh

[julius]

When you forward or send a reply to a private message, in the out box and the in box there is

Fw: julius

quote:

julius wrote on Today 11:59 AM:

The "Today" is still there after some days. I think it would be better the date

Fw: julius

quote:

julius wrote on 02-28-2003 11:59 AM:

as when you edit a post.

[ChevyMan]

I like this but I do not have a date showing now so I cannot change it. Do someone know how to add the date to the last posted?

[Gutspiller]

05-03-02 at 04:22 PM bigmattyh said this in Post #86
If you would like your date to be formatted in the "Today, at 08:33 PM" format, here's how to do so:

When you install the hack, just insert ", at" into this line:

eval("\$bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate] = \"".vbdate($dateformat,$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]).
" , at ".vbdate($timeformat,$bbuserinfo[lastvisit])."\";");

That's all!

What file is that in? I can't seem to find that code in my function.php

[Gutspiller]

05-03-02 at 04:22 PM bigmattyh said this in Post #86
If you would like your date to be formatted in the "Today, at 08:33 PM" format, here's how to do so:

When you install the hack, just insert ", at" into this line:

eval("\$bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate] = \"".vbdate($dateformat,$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]).
" , at ".vbdate($timeformat,$bbuserinfo[lastvisit])."\";");

That's all!

What file is that in? I can't seem to find that code in my function.php