Re: Date comparison going wrong, wrong, wrong

You can always use timestamp which is integer. $todaydate = time(); $showenddate = strtotime($showsRecord['end_date']); On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Terry Ally (Gmail) <terryally@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having a problem with comparing time. I am using the following: > > $todaydate = date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a"); > $showenddate = date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a", > strtotime($showsRecord['end_date'])); > > if ($todaydate > $showenddate): > echo "The date of the show has not yet arrived"; > else: > echo "The show has ended"; > endif; > > The problem that I am encountering is that PHP is rendering the reverse of > the equation. For example: > > If today's date is *11 Nov 2012* and the show's end date is *18 Nov 2012*, > the message that I am getting is *the show has ended* which is wrong. A > test example is at http://www.lakesidesurrey.co.uk/test.php. > > You can also me what I am doing wrong? > > Thanks > Terry > -- Shiplu.Mokadd.im ImgSign.com | A dynamic signature machine Innovation distinguishes between follower and leader