1 Introduction
These are functions to round off dates to different time units.
2 trimToSeconds
Trim the date to seconds, rounding off all milliseconds to zero.
2.1 Input Parameters
- The date that should be trimmed
- Type: DateTime
2.2 Output
- The same date, only rounded down to seconds
- Type: DateTime
2.3 Example
Assume a variable $myDate that represents ‘08-06-2008 10:12:51.387’:
trimToSeconds($myDate)
returns:
'Sun Jun 08 10:12:51 CEST 2008'
3 trimToMinutes
Trim the date to minutes, rounding off all (milli)seconds to zero.
3.1 Input Parameters
- The date that should be trimmed
- Type: DateTime
3.2 Output
- The same date, only rounded down to minutes
- Type: DateTime
3.3 Example
Assume a variable $myDate that represents ‘08-06-2008 10:12:51’:
trimToMinutes($myDate)
returns:
'Sun Jun 08 10:12:00 CEST 2008'
4 trimToHours[UTC]
Trim the date to hours, rounding off all minutes to zero.
trimToHours uses the user’s time zone, and trimToHoursUTC uses the UTC time zone.
4.1 Input Parameters
- The date that should be trimmed
- Type: DateTime
4.2 Output
- The same date, only rounded down to hours
- Type: DateTime
4.3 Example
Assume a variable $myDate that represents ‘08-06-2008 10:12:51’:
trimToHours($myDate)
returns:
'Sun Jun 08 10:00:00 CEST 2008'
5 trimToDays[UTC]
Trim the date to days, rounding off all hours to zero.
trimToDays uses the user’s time zone, and trimToDaysUTC uses the UTC time zone.
5.1 Input Parameters
- The date that should be trimmed
- Type: DateTime
5.2 Output
- The same date, only rounded down to days
- Type: DateTime
5.3 Example
Assume a variable $myDate that represents ‘08-06-2008 10:12:51’:
trimToDays($myDate)
returns:
'Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 CEST 2008'
6 trimToMonths[UTC]
Trim the date to months, rounding off all days to zero.
trimToMonths uses the user’s timezone and trimToMonthsUTC uses the UTC timezone.
6.1 Input Parameters
- date that should be trimmed
- Type: DateTime
6.2 Output
- The same date, only rounded down to months
- Type: DateTime
6.3 Example
Assume a variable $myDate that represents ‘08-06-2008 10:12:51’:
trimToMonths($myDate)
returns:
'Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2008'
7 trimToYears[UTC]
Trim the date to years, rounding off all months and days to zero.
trimToYears uses the user’s time zone, and trimToYearsUTC uses the UTC time zone.
7.1 Input Parameters
- The date that should be trimmed
- Type: DateTime
7.2 Output
- The same date, only rounded down to years
- Type: DateTime
7.3 Example
Assume a variable $myDate that represents ‘08-06-2008 10:12:51’:
trimToYears($myDate)
returns:
'Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 CEST 2008'