Re: Date comparison going wrong, wrong, wrong

if we use a date after 19 January 2038, we can not use 'strtotime' to get timestamp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Duken Marga <dukenmarga@gmail.com> wrote: > Try this: > > $todaydate = strtotime(date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a")); > $showenddate = strtotime(date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a", > strtotime($showsRecord['end_date']))); > > if ($todaydate < $showenddate): > echo "The date of the show has not yet arrived"; > else: > echo "The show has ended"; > endif; > > You must convert both $todaydate and $showendate with strtotime() function, > then you can compare them. > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:30 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 > > > > > > -- > Duken Marga >