Re: Augmenting an old date

Thanks Tom, for the excellent help! Seems like 'strtotime' function was what was needed! Regards, Andre On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:06 am, you wrote: > Hi > A slightly more efficeint way :) > <? > > $start = "2002-01-01"; > $expire = date("Y-m-d",strtotime("$start +30 days")); > echo $expire."<br>"; > ?> > > Tom > > At 02:03 PM 19/05/2002, Andre Dubuc wrote: > >Two columns in my PostgreSQL db are type 'date' (formatted > >'YYYY-mm-dd'): > >'start_date' and 'expiry_date'. What I cannot seem to figure out is how > >to > >augment the 'expiry_date' either by 30 days, 60 days, or 1 year. > > > >I've tried the date function in PHP (getdate) but the problem is that it > >appears to need a timestamp of "today". The dates that I'm trying to > > augment are sometimes a year or two ago. > > > >This doesn't work: > > > >$new_expiry_date = $expiry_date("Y-m-d", mktime(0,0,0, date(Y), date(m), > >date(d) + 60))); > > > >I assume it's because the '$expiry_date' should be simply 'date', > >but that > >would give the current date which is not what is wanted. Is there anyway > > to set 'date' as '$expiry_date'? > > > >Suggestions, admonitions, and general advice will be greatly appreciated. > >Btw, I've searched the archives, and haven't found anything quite on this > >topic. > > > >Tia, > >Andre > > > > > >-- > >Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. > >Remember in your prayers the Holy Souls in Purgatory. > > > >May God bless you abundantly in His love! > >For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet: > >http://www.webhart.net/csrb/ > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember in your prayers the Holy Souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly in His love! For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet: http://www.webhart.net/csrb/