public static function OLE2LocalDate($string)
	{
		if (strlen($string) != 8) {
			return new PEAR_Error("Expecting 8 byte string");
		}

		// factor used for separating numbers into 4 bytes parts
		$factor = pow(2,32);
		list(, $high_part) = unpack('V', substr($string, 4, 4));
		list(, $low_part) = unpack('V', substr($string, 0, 4));

		$big_date = ($high_part * $factor) + $low_part;
		// translate to seconds
		$big_date /= 10000000;

		// days from 1-1-1601 until the beggining of UNIX era
		$days = 134774;

		// translate to seconds from beggining of UNIX era
		$big_date -= $days * 24 * 3600;
		return floor($big_date);
	}
public static function OLE2LocalDate($string)
	{
		if (strlen($string) != 8) {
			return new PEAR_Error("Expecting 8 byte string");
		}

		// factor used for separating numbers into 4 bytes parts
		$factor = pow(2,32);
		list(, $high_part) = unpack('V', substr($string, 4, 4));
		list(, $low_part) = unpack('V', substr($string, 0, 4));

		$big_date = ($high_part * $factor) + $low_part;
		// translate to seconds
		$big_date /= 10000000;

		// days from 1-1-1601 until the beggining of UNIX era
		$days = 134774;

		// translate to seconds from beggining of UNIX era
		$big_date -= $days * 24 * 3600;
		return floor($big_date);
	}
public static function OLE2LocalDate ( $ string ) { if ( strlen ( $ string ) != 8 ) { return new PEAR_Error ( "Expecting 8 byte string" ) ; } // factor used for separating numbers into 4 bytes parts $ factor = pow ( 2 , 32 ) ; list ( , $ high_part ) = unpack ( 'V' , substr ( $ string , 4 , 4 ) ) ; list ( , $ low_part ) = unpack ( 'V' , substr ( $ string , 0 , 4 ) ) ; $ big_date = ( $ high_part * $ factor ) + $ low_part ; // translate to seconds $ big_date /= 10000000 ; // days from 1-1-1601 until the beggining of UNIX era $ days = 134774 ; // translate to seconds from beggining of UNIX era $ big_date -= $ days * 24 * 3600 ; return floor ( $ big_date ) ; }
Returns a timestamp from an OLE container's date

@access public
@static
@param integer $string A binary string with the encoded date
@return string The timestamp corresponding to the string
Returns a timestamp from an OLE container s date