Ticks to Timestamp Function

ticks_to_timestamp.php

<?php

/*
*	Ticks To Unix Timestamp
*	
*	Function to get a usable timestamp from ticks
*	Returns a unix timestamp or MySQL datetime
*	
*	$ticks	- the tick (timestamp) that we're converting to a unix timestamp
*	$offset	- the time offset in hours to adjust the result to
*	$return_mysql_date	- trigger to return a mysql datetime format or just a unix timestamp
*	
*	Author: Drew Johnston - http://drewjoh.com
*	This code is free and provided as-is. Attribution is appreciated and encouraged.
*/
function ticks_to_timestamp($ticks, $offset = 0, $return_mysql_date = false)
{
	// Get the number of ticks for the offset (in hours) - hours*minutes*seconds*ticks
	$ticks_to_offset = $offset * 60 * 60 * 10000000;
	// This is the number of ticks from 0001-01-01 to 1970-01-01, accounting for leap years
	$past_ticks = 621355968000000000;
	
	// Now return our value in the desired format
	if($return_mysql_date)
		return date('Y-m-d h:i:s', round((($ticks - $past_ticks) + $ticks_to_offset) / 10000000));
	else
		return round(($ticks - $past_ticks) + $ticks_to_offset) / 10000000;
}

why not write like this:
return $return_mysql_date? ...
Shorter than much and more clear

Hi, can you specify which line you're talking about? The $return_mysql_date is just a trigger (true/false) to know what format to return the result in.

Just a minor change for shoeter and more clear
return $return_mysql_date)? date('Y-m-d h:i:s', round((($ticks - $past_ticks) + $ticks_to_offset) / 10000000)) : return round(($ticks - $past_ticks) + $ticks_to_offset) / 10000000;

Ooh, I gotcha. I agree the ternary operator can make some things shorter and clearer like: echo ($gender = 'male' ? ' selected' : '');

But I personally think with long return statements that are doing calculations like in this function, it's clearer (to me anyway :) to have them on separate lines.

I appreciate the review and feedback!