Re: Comparing dates in text files
| From: | (Richard Lynch) | Date: | Sat, 01 Jul 2000 22:41:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Comparing dates in text files | ||
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In article <8jaknm$bgf$1@toye.php.net>, fn@csh.rit.edu ("C. Marcera") wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a bunch of text files that have the date on the second line. I
> also have a set of search criteria... a start month/day/year and an end
> month/day/year. How can I tell if the date of that text file lies between my
> two search dates? Is there any function that can compare dates besides
> checkdate (I don't think that will work here...?)? I tried comparing the
> actual file date but the files can be edited so that date changes. I'm
> really stuck on this one... any help would be great!
$date1 = '07/01/2000';
$date2 = '08/01/2000';
$date1parts = explode('/', $date1);
$date2parts = explode('/', $date2);
$date1int = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date1parts[0], $date1parts[1], $date1parts[2]);
$date2int = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date2parts[0], $date2parts[1], $date2parts[2]);
$now = time();
if ($date1int <= $now && $now <= $date2int){
echo "Current<BR>\n";
}
elseif ($date1int > $now){
echo "Past<BR>\n";
}
else{
echo "Future<BR>\n";
}
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