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/************************************************************************
 *																		*
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Stuart Reeves										*
 *																		*
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or		*
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License			*
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2		*
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.				*
 *																		*
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,		*
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of		*
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the			*
 * GNU General Public License for more details.							*
 * 																		*
 * The GNU General Public License is available from:					*
 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html									*
 *																		*
 ************************************************************************/

/* Stuart's lns (lame node system) */


/* Util provides useful library-style functions for STATIC method calls */

class Util
{


	/* Formats the standard timestamp (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS)
	 * 
	 * Args:	$ts (string)	- the timestamp to be formatted
	 *
	 * Returns: (string)		- the formatted timestamp */

	function fmtTimestamp($ts) {

		if ($ts != "" || strlen($ts) != 10) {

			// Parse the format into substrings
			$year	= substr($ts, 2, 2);
			$month  = substr($ts, 4, 2);
			$day	= substr($ts, 6, 2);
			$hours	= substr($ts, 8, 2);
			$mins	= substr($ts, 10, 2);

			// Convert 24 hour to 12 hour
			if (substr($hours, 0, 1) == "0")
				$hours = substr($hours, 1, 1);

			// return the string with am or pm
			if ($hours < 12)
				return "$hours:$mins" . "am - $day/$month/$year";
			else {
				$hours = $hours - 12;
				if ($hours == 0)
					$hours = 12;

				return "$hours:$mins" . "pm - $day/$month/$year";
			}
			
		} else
			return "(no date)";
		
	}



	/* Reseeds the random number generator, based on the current microsecond time
	 * 
	 * Returns: null */
	
	function reseed() {
		// Seed with microseconds
	    list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime());
	    $seed 			  = (float)$sec + ((float)$usec * 100000);
		srand($seed);
	}



	/* Gets the current time in seconds and microseconds
	 * 
	 * Returns: $sec 	- the time in seconds */
	
	function getMicroSeconds() {
    	list($usec, $sec) = explode(" ", microtime());
		$sec 			  = (float)$usec + (float)$sec;
    	return $sec;
    } 



} // End class Util


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