Re: Date comparison going wrong, wrong, wrong

It's a nice shortcut Jim. Never considered that. Thanks. On 20 November 2012 21:03, Jim Lucas <lists@cmsws.com> wrote: > On 11/12/2012 02:06 AM, Duken Marga 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']))); >> > > Won't this give you the same results without the extra conversion steps? > > $todaydate = date("U"); > > $showenddate = strtotime($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<http://www.lakesidesurrey.co.uk/test.php> >>> . >>> >>> You can also me what I am doing wrong? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Terry >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > Jim Lucas > > http://www.cmsws.com/ > http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ > -- *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?