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mix_date()

Description

Utility function to randomly alter date by offset

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$fromdate string - date string
$maxoffset int 30 - Maximum number of days to offset

Return

string

Location

include/migration_functions.php lines 252 to 278

Definition

 
function mix_date($fromdate, $maxoffset=30)
    {
    global $mixcache;
    if(isset($mixcache[md5($fromdate)]))
        {
        return $mixcache[md5($fromdate)];
        }

    if(trim($fromdate==""))
        {
        $tstamp = time();
        }
    else
        {
        $tstamp = strtotime($fromdate);
        }

    $dateshift = 60*60*24*$maxoffset; // How much should dates be moved
    $newstamp = $tstamp + (mt_rand(-$dateshift,$dateshift));
    $newdate = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s',$newstamp);
    debug("Converted date " . $fromdate . " to " . $newdate);

    // Update cache
    $mixcache[md5($fromdate)] = $newdate;

    return $newdate;
    }

This article was last updated 4th December 2024 09:05 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 15th April 2024 16:05 Europe/London time.