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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.
Please click the install button to show your support.

bigmattyh · #**222** 09-13-2002, 08:15 PM

Right... Sorry 'bout that.

Try replacing the 4th line (from my suggestion above) with:

Code:

$userlastvisit=(vbdate($dateformat,$bbuserinfo['lastvisit']).", at ".vbdate($timeformat,$bbuserinfo['lastvisit']));

julius · #**223** 09-15-2002, 08:30 AM

Great Hack!
Thanks.

Areku · #**224** 09-26-2002, 10:34 AM

/me installed it onto v2.2.0!

AyaRose · #**225** 09-29-2002, 07:09 PM

It looks like a cool hack , I hope we get this when vb3 comes out

Paul · #**226** 09-30-2002, 06:48 AM

The "at" addition instructions do not make any sense whatsoever in the context of 2.2.8. What file does this change need to be made? I've searched high and low for that eval statement and I don't see it anywhere.

In index.php, I made the following change:

Find:

PHP Code:


			
$forum['lastpostdate']=vbdate($dateformat,$forum['lastpost']);

And REPLACE with:

PHP Code:


			


          // Hack: Today/Yesterday

          /*

          $forum['lastpostdate']=vbdate($dateformat,$forum['lastpost']);

          */

          $forum['lastpostdate']=vbdate($dateformat,$forum['lastpost']) . ", at ";

          // End hack: Today/Yesterday hack

bigmattyh · #**227** 10-02-2002, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LoveShack
The "at" addition instructions do not make any sense whatsoever in the context of 2.2.8.

Yeah, so I've heard.

I won't be much help on this particular issue. Evidently, 2.2.8 changed some things that directly affect the ", at" functioning of this hack, and unfortunately, I don't have the time to investigate.

Talisman · #**228** 10-14-2002, 01:00 AM

Nice hack, thanks. You made it simple for us to install by being thorough with those updates.

Well done.

bigmattyh · #**229** 10-14-2002, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Talisman
Nice hack, thanks. You made it simple for us to install by being thorough with those updates.

Well done.

Thanks -- I appreciate that.

bigmattyh · #**230** 11-27-2002, 06:07 PM

I don't like to bump. But it's been over 5 weeks since anyone's posted to this thread.

One last spin around the vB-verse before vB3 makes it obsolete. Huzzah!

N9ne · #**231** 11-27-2002, 06:41 PM

Question: will this hack work properly under 2.2.8...ie. no innaccuracies in the text, such as some areas not making sense?

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