Format raw birthday.

[Seductor]

Is there any way to format a birthday in European format?
European Format (e.g., 25-04-98): d-m-y

Now it is in American format:
[birthday] => 03-04-1976
[birthday_search] => 1976-03-04

I want to use it as {vb:raw birthday} in European format.

Could it be possible? Thanks in advance.

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I can't do a PHP conversi?n because I want to format $post['birthday'].

[kh99]

Where do you want to be able to use it? I don't think there's any way to change what's in the database (unless you want to modify some of the vbulletin code), but you might be able to add a field to a SELECT and format it using MySQL functions.

[nerbert]

Settings > Options > Date and Time Options

[kh99]

Oh right - that's a good point (if the birthday is already being displayed and you want to change the format). I was thinking of displaying it somewhere where it isn't showing at all. But even if that were true, my idea would still need a plugin so I guess it's not much help.

[Seductor]

Originally Posted by kh99

Where do you want to be able to use it? I don't think there's any way to change what's in the database (unless you want to modify some of the vbulletin code), but you might be able to add a field to a SELECT and format it using MySQL functions.

I think I'll take this option, because the birthday is not being displayed and I want to change the output format.

March 04, 1976 it's shown by {vb:raw post.birthday} as: 03-04-1976.

So, I think I'll do a plugin. So, I need to know something:
Is there anything like $vbulletin->userinfo but for posts? Something like $vbulletin->post?

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Yes, it is... $post[birthday] ... and I should do... something like...

$arr_birthday = explode('-', $post[birthday]);
$eur_birthday = $arr_birthday[1]."-".$arr_birthday[0]."-".$arr_birhday[2];

And I should register that variable in postbit.

What do you think about it?

[Seductor]

At least, it works. But I wish I could register it in $post instead of using my own variable. Could I do $post['eur_birthday'] = $eur_birthday, in order to do {vb:raw post.eur_birthday}?

[kh99]

Yes, that's probably what I would do. You might want to add a check to make sure $post[birthday] is set, and also there is be a $post[showbirthday] value that has the user's privacy selection:

0 = Hide Age and Date of Birth
1 = Display Only Age
2 = Display Age and Full Date of Birth
3 = Display Only Day and Month of Birth

[Seductor]

(Do you think it could be useful If I release it as a add-on?)

One last question: I've tried to display $post.userfield11, which is a string(19), but nothing is shown.

Array
(
...
    [field11] => Bla bla bla
...
}

It is var_dumped okay, but it is not shown in postbit. Why could it be?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by Seductor

(Do you think it could be useful If I release it as a add-on?)

Well, I don't know that it would be really popular, but there's probably at least a few people out there who would use it.

One last question: I've tried to display $post.userfield11, which is a string(19), but nothing is shown.

Maybe it's just that you've used 'userfield11' instead of just 'field11'?

[Seductor]

No, it is not:

  <div>City: {vb:raw post.field11}</div>

[high]* Seductor seems puzzled.[/high]