note 40869 added to function.date

better this one .... <?PHP function min_date($a,$b){ if ( date('y',strtotime ($a)) < date('y',strtotime ($b)) ) return $a ; elseif ( date('Y',strtotime ($a)) > date('Y',strtotime ($b)) ) return $b ; elseif ( date('m',strtotime ($a)) < date('m',strtotime ($b)) ) return $a ; elseif ( date('m',strtotime ($a)) > date('m',strtotime ($b)) ) return $b ; elseif ( date('d',strtotime ($a)) < date('d',strtotime ($b)) ) return $a ; elseif ( date('d',strtotime ($a)) > date('d',strtotime ($b)) ) return $b ; return $a ; } $dt1 = '01-JAN-73'; $dt2 = '15-OCT-06'; echo min_date($dt1,$dt2) ; ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+40869 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+40869&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+40869&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php