so i'm working on a band website.

they have a discography page. for each album, they input a release date in a date field.

they have a new record coming out in a few months. it got me thinking, that if i could compare the site date to the user input date, before it comes out, i could print "coming soon," until it comes out, and then "out now!" for a period of a few weeks after the release.

i have a very basic understanding of how this would work, but i can't figure out how to call the site date. does anyone know?

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hunterchristy commented

okay, so after extensive googling, i think i am on to something.

i can make this: 'tz_handling' => 'site' an array, and then use the $output from the views in my "views-view-field-releasedate.tpl.php" file to compare the two...i think.

sleep now...will convert to unix epoch tomorrow.

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hunterchristy commented

so here's what i've got right now. and it's not working.

i'm doing this in views, and i have "field_releasedate_value_1" spitting out a unix string. and i can, for instance, say "print $release" and it will print said string. AND i can print $today and get a string. BUT trying to print $unix isnt working, nor is trying to compare the two. 

<?php
$today = date(U);
$release = $fields['field_releasedate_value_1']->content;
$unix = date("U", strtotime($release));
$soon = 'COMING SOON!';
$space = ' ';
if ($unix > $today) {
	print $space;
    print $soon;
}	else {
print $space;
}
?>

can someone kick me in the right direction?

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arlinsandbulte commented
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

@hunterchristy
Did you get it solved?

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karens commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (won't fix)

No response, closing.