RE: [PHP] compare dates

Thanks. I'm stuck using 5.1.6. Matijn reply worked by using the unix timestamp. -----Original Message----- From: Maciek Sokolewicz [mailto:tularis@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Maciek Sokolewicz Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:57 PM To: Marc Fromm Cc: Floyd Resler Subject: Re: [PHP] compare dates On 01-12-2011 02:17, Floyd Resler wrote: > > On Nov 30, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Matijn Woudt wrote: > >> 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 >> > > Another way to do it would be: > if(strtotime($jobs_closedate)<=time()) { } > > or > > if(date("Y-m-d",strtotime($job_closedate))<=date("Y-m-d",time()) { } > > Take care, > Floyd As of PHP 5.2.2 direct comparison of DateTime objects is also possible. So: $closeDate = new DateTime($jobs_closedate); $now = new DateTime('now'); if($closeDate < $now) { echo $closeDate->format('m/d/Y'); // output in US date format echo $now->format('m/d/Y'); // output in US date format $error .= "The close date must be later than today's date, " . $now->format('m/d/Y') . "\n"; } This, IMO is a lot prettier. - Tul