Re: [PHP4BETA] date formatting
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:42:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] date formatting | ||
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On 22 Feb, Mike Teigen wrote:
> ok, ill try and explain this as well as i can
>
> i need to know how to add 21 days to whatever the current date is to make two variables, one
> being todays date, the other being exactly 21 days after todays date... how do i add 21 days to
> todays date??
>
>
> $currentDate = date("Y-m-d");
> $warningDate = $currentDate + 21;
> (this doesnt work, just using it as a simplified example of what i want to do...)
>
> Mikey T
The time function is where you could start. Use
$newtime = time() + 86400;
and $newtime will be +21 days to the second :-) Then you can format it
with date() as needed.
Cheers
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