PHP Date Class

[miiikkeyyyy]

I’m trying to create my own date class for a framework I am working on. I want to be able to call functions like:[php]<?php

// New date
$date = Core::load(‘Date’);
$this->date = $date->setTimeZone(1)
->timeInWords(time(), 86763738);[/php]

I’m not sure how to do it, here is my Date class
[php]<?php

/***************************************************************************
Lenix Framework
Copyright © 2010 Cosmin Flavius ([email protected])

This is NOT public code.
***************************************************************************/

namespace Lenix\Date;
use Lenix\Core as Core;
use Lenix\Module\Base as Base;

/**

• Date module

• used for manipulating date functions
  */
  class Module extends Base
  {
  public $timezone;

  public function init()
  {
  return parent::init();
  }

  public function setTimeZone($timezone = 0)
  {
  $this->timezone = $timezone;
  return $this->timezone;
  }

  public static function timeInWords($fromTime, $toTime = 0, $showLessThanAMinute = false)
  {
  $distanceInSeconds = round(abs($toTime - $fromTime));
  $distanceInMinutes = round($distanceInSeconds / 60);

   if($distanceInMinutes <= 1) {
       if(!$showLessThanAMinute) {
           return ($distanceInMinutes == 0) ? 'less than a minute' : '1 minute';
       } else {
           if($distanceInSeconds < 5) {
               return 'less than 5 seconds';
           }
           if($distanceInSeconds < 10) {
               return 'less than 10 seconds';
           }
           if($distanceInSeconds < 20) {
               return 'less than 20 seconds';
           }
           if($distanceInSeconds < 40) {
               return 'about half a minute';
           }
           if($distanceInSeconds < 60) {
               return 'less than a minute';
           }
           
           return '1 minute';
       }
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 45) {
       return $distanceInMinutes . ' minutes';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 90) {
       return 'about 1 hour';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 1440) {
       return 'about ' . round(floatval($distanceInMinutes) / 60.0) . ' hours';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 2880) {
       return '1 day';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 43200) {
       return 'about ' . round(floatval($distanceInMinutes) / 1440) . ' days';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 86400) {
       return 'about 1 month';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 525600) {
       return round(floatval($distanceInMinutes) / 43200) . ' months';
   }
   if($distanceInMinutes < 1051199) {
       return 'about 1 year';
   }
   
   return 'over ' . round(floatval($distanceInMinutes) / 525600) . ' years';
  

  }
  }

/**

• Lenix\Route\Exception
  */
  class Exception extends \Lenix\Exception\Base {}[/php]