note 68716 deleted from function.date by tularis

Note Submitter: Phil Sylvia ---- I simplified this after I figured it out based upon Mel Boyce's simple solution. Thanks Mel! I wanted to calculate dates based upon any given date and not just todays date which is what the hundreds of examples on the Internet use. I created a simple function and then just call the function with 2 parameters.. the date (string) to test and the number of days that I want to add (positive #) or subtract (negative #) My intended use is to retrieve dates from the database and perform the date calculations. This makes it simple. I hope this helps someone as frustrated as I was. Enjoy. ****************************************** <?php // date calculation function // adds or subtracts a date based upon the input. // $this_date is a string format of a valid date ie.. "2006/08/11" // $num_days is the number of days that you would like to add (positive number) or subtract (negative number) function fnc_date_calc($this_date,$num_days){ $my_time = strtotime ($this_date); //converts date string to UNIX timestamp $timestamp = $my_time + ($num_days * 86400); //calculates # of days passed ($num_days) * # seconds in a day (86400) $return_date = date("Y/m/d",$timestamp); //puts the UNIX timestamp back into string format return $return_date;//exit function and return string }//end of function $date_to_test = "2006/08/11"; $days_to_add = 7; $past_date = fnc_date_calc($date_to_test,(($days_to_add)*-1)); $future_date = fnc_date_calc($date_to_test,$days_to_add); echo "Test Date is: ".$date_to_test; echo "<br>"; echo "Number of days to Calculate is: ".$days_to_add; echo "<br>"; echo "Past date is: ".$past_date; echo "<br>"; echo "Future date is: ".$future_date; ?>