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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[Sinecure]

I found a small request I'd like for this hack, but I don't know if its possible. I noticed that on $bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate] the date shows up without the Today or Yesterday timestamp. Is it possible to hack the code so that the date given by this will display the today/yesterday plus the time? It already shows the date last visted and than the time, so the only thing that would need to be changed would be the actual way the date is outputed.

I'd take a screenshot and show you, but I'm using this code on my design for PJ v3 so, well, you get the piucture

Hopefully someone can take a look at this

[KeithMcL]

Hi Matt,

People are now showing as registering as "Today" and "Yesterday" fine. I think I thought they weren't showing properly because I have my timestamp set a different time than the time on server.

Thanks anyway Matt - Great Hack!

[bigmattyh]

If you want $bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate] to follow the "Today 8:33 AM" format, here's how:

1) In index.php, around line 65, find:

PHP Code:

} else {
  $welcometext = "";
  eval("\$newposts = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_todayposts')."\";");
  eval("\$logincode = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_logincode')."\";");
} 


2) Just after it, add this line:

PHP Code:

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


Note: to change this to the "Today at 8:33 AM" format, go here.

[bigmattyh]

Screenshot:

[Sinecure]

Would it be possible to make it so it says "Today at 04:47", with the AT in there for gramatical purposes? If its not to much trouble that is?

[bigmattyh]

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!

[Sinecure]

Worked Perfectly, Thanks!
BTW, great hack, totally usefull

[inetd]

bigmattyh, good addon Add this for first post

[bigmattyh]

Originally posted by inetd
Add this for first post

Good idea. And so it shall be done.

[FWC]

That is a nice addon, bigmattyh.