Archive for May 5th, 2005

time left php function

just a simple function that returns how many days, hours, minutes and seconds are left given a timestamp i put together. kinda bored so sharing some code XP

give either $time_left (time left in timestamp) or $endtime (an ending timestamp)

/* returns an array of [days],[hours],[minutes],[seconds] time left from now to timestamp given */ function timeleft($time_left=0, $endtime=null) { if($endtime != null) $time_left = $endtime - time(); if($time_left > 0) { $days = floor($time_left / 86400); $time_left = $time_left - $days * 86400; $hours = floor($time_left / 3600); $time_left = $time_left - $hours * 3600; $minutes = floor($time_left / 60); $seconds = $time_left - $minutes * 60; } else { return array(0, 0, 0, 0); } return array($days, $hours, $minutes, $seconds); }

OUCH

this is ON MY INTERSTATE. i take this road home every day. guess i should take an alternative route today

Thursday, May 5, 2005
Semi rollover snarls interstate traffic

By Mike McWilliams
Iowa City Press-Citizen
An overturned semi trailer has snarled traffic on eastbound Interstate 80 near the Interstate 380, Highway 218 interchange

Few details on the incident are available at this time.

According to Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Randy Stone, a tractor-trailer overturned and lost its load. Stone said one lane of traffic is blocked off and it could be a while before the road is cleaned up.

Stone said he wasn’t sure what the semi trailer was carrying, but 41,000 lbs of it are on I-80.