Hi,

I'm trying to use theme_date_display_combination from within a template, but I can't figure out the format of the $element argument that should be passed to it. I have a node with a date field on it, and I've tried something like this in my template:

print theme('date_display_combination',$node->field_date[0]);

... where $node->field_date[0] accesses the value of my CCK date field, but this doesn't work. Is there a function I can pass that CCK value to, to create an 'element' for the theme function?

I should note that my CCK field has both 'from' and 'to' values in it. The date field is an array like this: 

Array
                (
                    [value] => 2009-10-29 11:30:00
                    [value2] => 2009-10-29 13:00:00
                    [timezone] => America/Chicago
                    [timezone_db] => America/Chicago
                    [date_type] => datetime
                )

Thanks for any help!

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marblegravy’s picture

marblegravy commented

I'm having the same difficulty trying to figure out what to pass to date_display_combination as $element in order to display both the to and from dates on a custom page template.

I've done the same thing as Chadwick which as he says - doesn't work. I could re-build a new function to do the formatting, but it just seems like a waste when that's what this function is set up to do!

Is there a different function that we should be calling first that generates the $element object?

Additional notes:

I can use the function custom_format_cck_date_value from http://drupal.org/node/295105 to display the From value.

I can also create a 'dumb' version of what I'm after with:

  $field = $node->field_eventdate[0]['value'];
  $date_object = date_make_date($field);
  $field2 = $node->field_eventdate[0]['value2'];
  $date_object2 = date_make_date($field2);
  print  date_format_date($date_object, 'short')." to ".date_format_date($date_object2, 'short');

(the field eventdate contains both a to and from date.)

... but I'm sure i should be able to use *something* to smartly print out the from -> to dates depending on what they are: ie - 12 Mar 2011 10am-12pm, or 12 Mar 2011 (All Day), or 12 Mar 2011 10am - 13 Mar 2011 2am.

My interim fix (in case it helps anyone else...)
So I've given up and gone for an interim fix where the event times are not shown. I set up the 'short' formatter to display the date as 11 May 2011 and modified my code above like this:

  $date1 = date_make_date($node->field_eventdate[0]['value'];);
  $date2 = date_make_date($node->field_eventdate[0]['value2'];);
  print  $date1;
  if($date1 != $date2){
        print " to ".$date2;
  }
devkinetic’s picture

devkinetic commented
Version: 6.x-2.4 » 6.x-2.8

I've run into this issue as well. What is the solution to printing to/from date fields from a node template?

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damienmckenna
Location TN, USA
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Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

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