Re: compare dates
| From: | Matijn Woudt | Date: | Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:04:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: compare dates | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Marc Fromm <Marc.Fromm@wwu.edu> wrote:
> I'm puzzled why the if statement executes as true when the first date (job_closedate) is
> not less than the second date (now).
> The if statement claims that "12/02/2011" is less than "11/30/2011".
>
> if (date("m/d/Y",strtotime($jobs_closedate)) <=
> date("m/d/Y",strtotime("now"))){
You're comparing strings here, try to compare the unix timestamp:
if (strtotime($jobs_closedate) <= strtotime("now")){
That'll probably do what you want..
Matijn