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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[bigmattyh]

it doesnt work.. i did everything correct twice and nothing shows up. ????

Well, keep in mind that as a couple of new versions of vB have come out, the line references are slightly off. For example, in functions.php, the replacement code for vbdate() is a few dozen lines further down.

I don't know if that's the problem you're encountering, but if you do the replacements correctly, the hack should be working correctly.

[Chris M]

Das hack war sehr gut...

It works on 2.2.5...

I am living proof of that

*Holy Cr*p - Heart Attack *

Satan

[UGate]

Wie kann ich Today in einer Farbe machen z.b.rot

Today in red ?

[Hubsi]

wie w?rs mit z.b.

PHP Code:

$date="<font color=red>Heute</font>"; 


[HyperS]

Great Hack man! Superb work.

[KeithMcL]

Strange - I installed this hack yesterday (2002-04-30) and had a look at my memberlist to see if it worked, but I couldn't see any one who had joined for "Today" or "Yesterday".

I then had a look at it again this morning (2002-05-01) and those that registered yesterday i'm seeing them as being registered "Today" and not seeing anyone as being registered "Yesterday" even though some people have.

My forums can be found at www.webdevforums.com

Any help Big Matt would be appreciated.

[bigmattyh]

Hi Keith,

I took a look at your members list, and like you, I found that vB was reporting that two people registered Today. But then the next most recent registration is on 26-04-02 (4-5 days ago).

I need some more info to see if there's a problem. Could you post the datestamps from when Lisle and chachet joined, and could you also let me know the timezone of your server?

Thanks,
Matt

http://www.webdevforums.com/memberli...hat=datejoined

[Aaow AnD wHiTe]

Thanx for this great hack, Matt. Is really useful!! Would it be possible to make the word "Today" template-based? Cause we have a Spanish and an English template, and our english users keep seeing "Hoy" (spanish word for "Today") and it's a little confusing

Thanx in advance for your help!! ^__^

[bigmattyh]

Aaow and White (and anyone else who is interested in a template-based version of this hack):

Here is how to convert this hack so that it uses templates.

First, find this block of code:

PHP Code:

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


... and replace it with this:

PHP Code:

    if ($date==$todaydate) {
      eval("\$date= \" ".gettemplate('today')."\";");
    }
    if ($date==$yestdate) {
      eval("\$date= \" ".gettemplate('yesterday')."\";");
    } 


Then create 2 custom templates, called "today" and "yesterday". Within these templates, just type the word you want to appear for today and yesterday. You can do this for as many template sets as you want -- vB will pick the right one from the current style setting.

Hope this helps,
Matt

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