date() function

I noticed that if I do something like this:

$prevminute = date("i")-1;

..and the current minute happens to be '05', $prevminute becomes '4'
- I lose the padding. How can I ensure that I retain that padding? I
suppose a crud solution is to run $prevminute through an if loop to see
if it's < 10. But I'm wondering if there's a better way.

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$prevminute = sprintf('%02s', date("i")-1);


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> I noticed that if I do something like this:
>
> $prevminute = date("i")-1;
>
> ..and the current minute happens to be '05', $prevminute becomes '4'
> - I lose the padding. How can I ensure that I retain that padding? I
> suppose a crud solution is to run $prevminute through an if loop to see
> if it's < 10. But I'm wondering if there's a better way.
>
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> W | It's not a bug - it's an undocumented feature.
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> IT Director / SysAdmin / Websmith . 800.441.3873 x130
> Photo Craft Imaging . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6
> http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.
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On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:11:56 -0500, Brad Fuller wrote:

>
>
> $prevminute = sprintf('%02s', date("i")-1);

Or, $prevminute = str_pad(date("i")-1, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

It's a little more code - don't ask me about the speed :)

Ivo