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Return Unix timestamp from CCK date field

Posted by glennnz on November 17, 2009 at 8:40am
Project:Date
Version:6.x-2.4
Component:Date CCK Field
Category:support request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed (fixed)

Issue Summary

Hi

I suspect I'm just being dense here, and I apologise if so.

I'm simply trying to return the timestamp for a Date CCK field in a hook_nodeapi() function.

My field is called field_need_date_value.

I've tried:

$date = strtotime($node->content['field_need_date_value'];

and

$date = strtotime($node->field_need_date_value);

and

$date = strtotime($node->field_need_date_value[0]['view'];

but I can't get any of these to work.....

Thanks

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#1

Posted by glennnz on November 17, 2009 at 9:10am

Solved

It's:

$date = strtotime($node->field_need_date[0]['value']);

#2

Posted by arlinsandbulte on November 17, 2009 at 2:45pm
Status:active» fixed

#3

Posted by System Message on December 1, 2009 at 2:50pm
Status:fixed» closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

#4

Posted by RobW on June 1, 2011 at 2:43am

You can also create a custom date format with U as the format parameter string, and then set your field to your custom format in the manage display tab. This returns a unix timestamp.