note 56596 added to function.date

hello all, can anybody help me? i would like to know how to compare two dates ? in fact, i would like to verify if a date insert into a database is older than 48 hours from the curent date... Vincent ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56596 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56596&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56596&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56596&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56596&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56596&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56596&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56596&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php