note 92652 added to function.mktime

How to get the first and last dates of the last quarter - useful for things like tax return dates etc. by Justin <?php function getLastQuarter() { // Returns an array with a start and end date for the last quarter from todays date // eg. If today is 23 Feb 2009, returns $x['start'] = 1 Oct 2008, $x[end] = 31 Dec 2008 $year = date("Y",mktime()); $month = date("m",mktime()); // Formula to get a quarter in the year from a month $startmth = $month - 3 - (($month-1) % 3 ); // Fix up Jan - Feb to get LAST year's quarter dates (Oct - Dec) if ($startmth == -2) { $startmth+=12; $year-=1; } $endmth = $startmth+2; $last_quarter['start'] = mktime(0,0,0,$startmth,1,$year); $last_quarter['end'] = mktime(0,0,0,$endmth,date("t",mktime(0,0,0,$endmth,1,$year)),$year); return $last_quarter; } // Example - print first and last dates of last quarter. echo "First day of last quarter was : " . date("d-M-Y",$lastquarter['start']) . "\n"; echo "Last day of last quarter was : " . date("d-M-Y",$lastquarter['end']) . "\n"; // For 2 August 2009, returns: // First day of last quarter was : 01-Apr-2009 // Last day of last quarter was : 30-Jun-2009 // ?> ---- Server IP: 117.104.162.229 Probable Submitter: 58.161.42.98 (proxied: 58.161.42.98) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/92652 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92652 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/92652 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php