Re: Date comparison going wrong, wrong, wrong

Dear Duken, Many thanks for the solution. It worked! And thanks to everyone else who pitched in with various solutions. Regards Terry On 12 November 2012 10:06, 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 > > > -- *Terry Ally* Twitter.com/terryally Facebook.com/terryally ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ To print or not to print this email is the environmentally-searching question! Which has the highest ecological cost? A sheet of paper or constantly switching on your computer and connecting to the Internet to read your email?