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<?php/**
 * Smarty shared plugin
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage plugins
 */
 
 
 /**
 * Function: smarty_make_timestamp<br>
 * Purpose:  used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp
 *           from a string.
 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
 function smarty_make_timestamp($string)
 {
 if(empty($string)) {
 // use "now":
 $time = time();
 
 } elseif (preg_match('/^\d{14}$/', $string)) {
 // it is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?
 $time = mktime(substr($string, 8, 2),substr($string, 10, 2),substr($string, 12, 2),
 substr($string, 4, 2),substr($string, 6, 2),substr($string, 0, 4));
 
 } elseif (is_numeric($string)) {
 // it is a numeric string, we handle it as timestamp
 $time = (int)$string;
 
 } else {
 // strtotime should handle it
 $time = strtotime($string);
 if ($time == -1 || $time === false) {
 // strtotime() was not able to parse $string, use "now":
 $time = time();
 }
 }
 return $time;
 
 }
 
 /* vim: set expandtab: */
 
 ?>
 
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