Re: Validate The Last Day of Month with server's clock????

True but I just only want the day date, don't want the number of seconds. "Mike Ford" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> wrote in message news:841D90E489448A4F804E1D1B95768BF7D461A6@lis-exchange3.lmu.ac.uk... > On 13 August 2003 20:05, Nicholas Robinson wrote: > > > On Wednesday 13 Aug 2003 8:00 pm, Scott Fletcher wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > Here's a trick script. We know that some months have the last > > > day which is 30 while other is 31. As for February, it can be > > > either 28 or 29. So, what's the trick in using the php to find out > > > what is the last day of the month if you want to checked it against > > > the server's clock to find out the last day of the month. Suppose > > > it is this month or 3 months ago or 3 months from now. Anyone know? > > > > The 'usual' trick is to set the date to the first day of the month > > after the one you want and then subtract one day. > > Actually, the "usual" trick is to ask mktime() for the 0th day of the following month. One of the examples on the mktime() page of the manual (http://www.php.net/mktime) even illustrates exactly this. > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211