Only gather year-month-day with {join_date}

[larsheldens]

Hello, I want to gather the date, and not de datetime.

I searched on the web and found this, but it doesn't work:
<?php echo date('d-M-Y', strtotime($join_date)); ?>

I will be very happy if someone could help me with this!

 

[Mark]

that should work just fine, just make sure you are using a plugin for this and not just pasting it into HTML template.

 

[larsheldens]

Thanks, but how can I make a plugin with that?

 

[Mark]

here is a tutorial that will help you
http://visiolist.com/community/threads/how-to-create-a-plugin.20/

 

[larsheldens]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[larsheldens]

I want to place {join_date2} at mij 'rankings' page, so what name should I give the plugin file?
The content is

$TMPL['join_date2'] = date('d-M-Y', strtotime($join_date));

Is that right?

 

[Mark]

close.

{join_date2} should be {$join_date2}

and you need to ensure $join_date has a value.

 

[larsheldens]

It still isn't working.. :|

 

[Mark]

I don't have enough information about what you have done to help you further.

 

[larsheldens]

My site is http://edmdownload.com/top.
On the rankings page (for every category) there is a row with: 'DATE ADDED'. I want to delete the time and only show the date.

 

[Basti]

Here is an existing plugin which does what you want, either use it out of the box or use it to learn and set up your own

Few things, you dont need $TMPL['join_date2'] , you can use the existing $TMPL['join_date'] to overwrite it display value
strtotime($join_date) should be strtotime($TMPL['join_date'])

As seen in the plugin files ( one for stats, one for rankings )