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The DT, or date and time, plugin displays dates with formatting and allows you to add days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds to the current date/time or a static date you set.

The DT Plugin displays dates with formatting and allows you to add days, months, years to the current date or a static date you set.

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Change Log
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—- Version 1.3
Added wrap tag for using with entry loops

—- Version 1.1
Fixed parse bug (thanks Ben)

—- Version 1
Added hour, minute, second to plugin
EE format is now default - use ee_format=“false” for php format

—- Version 0.2
Update to include EE date formats by using ee_format=“true”
Also fixed constructor

—Version 0.1
Initial release
ail any bugs or questions to dev@viminteractive.com

DT v1.0
The DT Plugin displays dates with formatting and allows you to add days, months, years to the current date or a static date you set.

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The Tag
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{exp:dt}

  // Will return the date formatted this way: MM/DD/YYYY

{exp:dt:wrap}

// tag pair used to wrap around entries loop to adding custom dates in to parameters

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TAG PARAMETERS
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set=[optional]
  Sets the static date that the other parameters will reference. If not set will default to the current date.

{exp:dt set=“01/01/2010”}

  // 01/01/2010

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format=[optional]
  Sets the format of the returned date using the following parameters:
  http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/templates/date_variable_formatting.html

{exp:dt set=“11/03/90” ee_format=“true” format=”%l %M %j, %Y”}

  // Saturday Nov 3, 1990

 
ee_format=[optional]
  if set to ‘false’dt will parse the date using php formating:
  http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

{exp:dt set=“11/03/90” format=”%A %b %e, %Y”}

  // Saturday Nov 3, 1990
 

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day=[optional]
  Adds or subtracts a value in days to current/set date.

month=[optional]
  Adds or subtracts a value in months to current/set date.

year=[optional]
  Adds or subtracts a value in years to current/set date.

{exp:dt day=“3” month=“1” year=”-1” set=“1/1/2010”}
  //    02/04/09

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hour=[optional]
  Adds or subtracts a value in hours to current/set date.

minute=[optional]
  Adds or subtracts a value in minutes to current/set date.

second=[optional]
  Adds or subtracts a value in seconds to current/set date.

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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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Please email any bugs or questions to dev@viminteractive.com

2.+ Download 1.3 2012-03-30 04:34 PM

DT Plugin Links

• EE Forum
• Documentation

This entry was last updated March 30, 2012, 10:45 am.

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