date field=calculating time

Hello,

is it possible to let the date field calculate the time?

We would like to let the user enter the birthday into the datefield and it would be great if we can display the age.

best regards
J

Hello

you can try something like:
the above is untested, but will work with minor corrections, (e.g. you may have to change $item with $items[$i])

i guess we can add this capability to the date field

Regards

Hello Mr G.

wow, that was,again(!) a fast answer.

Where do I have to add the code?

Would be a great feature for the datefield.

Thank you very mutch

Hello

you can add it inside item.php or category_items.php of your custom flexicontent template

Hi,

I insert your code inside like this in the item.php of my team template and changed the field ID to the dog birthday field. But, couldn't see an error or a change

<?php
// Modular item layout
// If customizing via CSS rules or JS scripts is not enough, then please copy the following file here to customize the HTML too
include(JPATH_SITE.DS.'components'.DS.'com_flexicontent'.DS.'tmpl_common'.DS.'item_layouts'.DS.'modular.php');


?>

<?php
$field_id = 18; // CHANGE THIS

if ( !empty($items[$i]->fieldvalues[$field_id]) )
{
$nowdate_secs = time();
$fielddate_secs = strtotime($items[$i]->fieldvalues[$field_id][0]);

$elapsed_secs = $nowdate_secs - $fielddate_secs;
echo $elapsed_secs / (60*60*24*365.25);
echo " years old <br/>";
}
?>

Hello

for item view replace (multiple times)
$items[$i]
with
$item

(also $item should work in category view too)