(date_time_selector) return in moodle - php

Question

Does any one know if it is possible to have datetimepicker from date_time_selector function in moodle? I want the date/time selected from date_time_selector in a variable to store it into the database.
This is the code what I am working on right now in my edit.php , what am I missing
require_once('../../config.php');
require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/course/lib.php');
require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/blocks/myblcok/myblock_form.php');
global $DB;
require_login($SITE);
$block = new myblock();
$mform = new myblock_form();
if ($data = $mform->get_data()) {
$startdate = $data->startdate;
}
$dataobject = new stdClass;
$dataobject->name = get_string('entryname', 'myblock');
$dataobject->description = get_string('entrydescription',
'myblock');
$dataobject->course = $COURSE->id;
$dataobject->userid = $USER->id;
$dataobject->starttime = $data->date;
$DB->insert_record('event', $dataobject);
redirect($CFG->wwwroot.'/course/view.php?id='.$courseid, '', 0);

Answer 1

I'm presuming this is being used in a form? The return value from data_time_selector is a timestamp which can be stored in a database. eg:
In edit_form.php file
require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/lib/formslib.php');
class edit_form extends moodleform {
function definition () {
$mform =& $this->_form;
$mform->addElement('date_time_selector', 'mytime', get_string('mytime', 'mycomponent'));
}
}
In edit.php
require_once('edit_form.php');
$mform = new edit_form();
if ($data = $mform->get_data()) {
// This is a timestamp.
$mytime = $data->mytime;
}
EDIT:
Ah... you need to pass a data object to insert a record eg:
$newrecord = new StdClass();
$newrecord->mytime = $mytime;
$DB->insert_record('table', $newrecord);
Or if the form field names are the same as your field names, just use the $data object eg:
$DB->insert_record('table', $data);
Have a look through the database API :
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Data_manipulation_API#Inserting_Records