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

And the reason I quoted 'usual' is that my suggestion is more portable. On Thursday 14 Aug 2003 11:54 am, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote: > 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