By jdevries on

I don't know if I am blatantly missing something or what, but I'm having a problem getting a correct birthdate displayed in my custom profile. I have added a Date component to the profile and, on the user profile, I'm trying to show a formatted date. This is the code that I'm using:

  $tstamp = mktime(0,0,0, $user->profile_birthdate["month"], $user->profile_birthdate["day"], $user->profile_birthdate["year"]);
  // Note: I also tried adding value 1 to the end of the parameter list, but that didn't help either
  $age = age($tstamp);
  $birthday = format_date($tstamp, 'custom', 'F j, Y') . ' (' . $age . ')';

However, whatever date I set in the profile, $birthday always formats the date a day too early. So, a birthdate of Mar 24th, will show up in $birthday as Mar 23. The timestamp is correct in the age() function. It appears to be the format_date that throws it off.

What am I missing?

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zeta ζ commented

Where is function age() defined?
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Sounds like a fun old timezone/daylight savings time issue. Rather than setting the time to 00:00:00 add on a few hours to prevent the time going -X hours in to the previous day. I usually stick the time to be half way through the day.

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jdevries commented

That did the trick. Never realized it would be that simple. Thanks!

@zeta-zoo: I stuck the age function just above that piece of code. The function is mainly there, because I offer my users the option in their profile how they want to show their birthdate and/or age (if they want to in the first place). I use the $age variable in two places.

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zeta ζ commented

Where it is defined is of little consequence. I was thinking more about whether it was php-, drupal- or user-defined. I was a bit confused, and thought it was the age that was wrong, and could be corrected by making the time not affect the date, as budda’s suggestion has done.

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