<?php
/**
 * template_lite tpl_create_timestamp function
 *
 * Taken from the original Smarty
 * http://smarty.php.net
 *
 */
function tpl_make_timestamp($string)
{
	if(empty($string))
	{
		$string = "now";
	}
	$time = strtotime($string);
	if (is_numeric($time) && $time != -1)
	{
		return $time;
	}

	// is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?
	if (is_numeric($string) && strlen($string) == 14)
	{
		$time = mktime(substr($string,8,2),substr($string,10,2),substr($string,12,2),substr($string,4,2),substr($string,6,2),substr($string,0,4));
		return $time;
	}

	// couldn't recognize it, try to return a time
	$time = (int) $string;
	if ($time > 0)
	{
		return $time;
	}
	else
	{
		return time();
	}
}

?>