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I don't think of this as being a factory; it's more of a data normalization process. &nbsp;I'll try to give you some examples in a moment. &nbsp;While I am doing that look up the &quot;Gang of Four&quot; and find out about their book on Design Patterns.
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I don't think of this as being a factory; it's more of a data normalization process.  I'll try to give you some examples in a moment.  While I am doing that look up the "Gang of Four" and find out about their book on Design Patterns.

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time works without any changes in the code<br />
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thanks
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time works without any changes in the code

thanks

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Yeah, strtotime() and DateTime are pretty smart!
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Yeah, strtotime() and DateTime are pretty smart!

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followup to that great answer, but adding new requirements<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28236754/convert-time-in-an-object-oriented-format.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28236754/convert-time-in-an-object-oriented-format.html</a><br />
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I read about factory design pattern<br />
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there are more input types: but want the same type of output<br />
(07/17 15:16)<br />
(08/04 16:27)<br />
(08/04 02:24)<br />
(08/04 02:31)<br />
(07/17 15:28)<br />
(06/27 00:40)<br />
(06/27 00:26)<br />
(06/27 00:26)<br />
(06/26 21:46)<br />
1 month ago<br />
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but want these existing inputs to return time values also<br />
(1 min ago)<br />
(17 mins ago)<br />
(1 hr ago)<br />
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(12 hrs ago)<br />
1 day ago<br />
2 days ago<br />
1 week ago<br />
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I do not want to do an if statement outside of the class<br />
if word contains 'ago' then go to class1<br />
else go to class2<br />
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I am not an expert: factory design pattern may not be the best option.
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followup to that great answer, but adding new requirements

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_28236754.html




I read about factory design pattern


there are more input types: but want the same type of output
(07/17 15:16)
(08/04 16:27)
(08/04 02:24)
(08/04 02:31)
(07/17 15:28)
(06/27 00:40)
(06/27 00:26)
(06/27 00:26)
(06/26 21:46)
1 month ago

but want these existing inputs to return time values also
(1 min ago)
(17 mins ago)
(1 hr ago)

(12 hrs ago)
1 day ago
2 days ago
1 week ago


I do not want to do an if statement outside of the class
if word contains 'ago' then go to class1
else go to class2


I am not an expert: factory design pattern may not be the best option.

maybe this a factory design pattern

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