Mktime formatting problems

Hey, So far this is what I have done: ----------------------------- 1) read the files from a directory, discard the files with a .php extention and the directories (eg: . and .. ) 2) put the files into an array ($the_files[]) 3) put it into a while loop and display the files like so: echo $the_files[$i] . date("F d Y H:i:s.", filectime($directory_with_files.$the_files[$i])); ----------------------------- The next step is, I want to only echo the files that are over x minutes (or x hours) old, ignore anything below, I am using mktime() along with date() to format it accordingly...but am unable to do so. Can someone kindly give me a quick example on how to do this? sitting too long on the comp, I think i'm losing it :-( If you want the php file that i have written please tell me and will send it to you offlist. Thanks! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) ----- Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=bXVzaWNndTc%3D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com