Question

I need to display records grouped by date, and sorted by time. In the mysql table I have a field called entry_time which has php time() values stored in it. Any ideas what would be the most compact and simplest way to do this?

Ex: I need a display like:

21st April
3:00 pm
3:50 pm

22 April
5:00 am
4:00 pm

Answer 1

Rough half-pseudo code:

$records = /* SELECT * FROM `records` ORDER BY `entry_time` */;

$date = null;
foreach ($records as $record) {
    $currentDate = date('Ymd', $record['entry_time']);
    if ($currentDate != $date) {
        printf('<h1>%s</h1>', date('Y-m-d', $record['entry_time']));
    }
    $date = $currentDate;

    echo date('H:i', $record['entry_time']);
}