Kohana 3 :: Kohana Date helper

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/**
 * Extend the Kohana Date helper
 */
class Date extends Kohana_Date {

 /**
  * Number of months in a year. Value will hold month name
  * 
  * @static
  * @uses    Date::hours
  * @return  array  Array from 1-12 with month names
  */
 public static function months_with_name()
 {
  $months = Date::hours();

  for ($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++)
  {
   $timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $i, 1, 2005);
   $months[$i] = date("M", $timestamp);
  }

  return $months;
 }

 /**
  * Checks whether a string is a date
  *
  * @static
  * @param  string date
  * @return bool
  */
 public static function is_date($str)
 {
  return (boolean) strtotime($str);
 }

}

// End Date

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