[ciapug] Dates question

[David Champion]

Chris Hettinger wrote:

> Working with dates still challenges me
> 
> $date1 = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');  // current date
> $date2 = X;
> 
> I need to know if $date2 is 30 or more days in the future from the 
> current date.
> 
> If $date2 >= $date1 by 30 days
>   echo 'date2 is more than 30 days in the future';
> else
>   echo 'date2 within 30 days of date1';
> 
> 
> ^^--- how do I do this comparison?

 From the "more than one way to skin a cat" department...

$dt30 = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0,0,0, date("m"), date("d") + 30, date("Y")));

if ($mydate > dt30) { ...

Tim's method works fine too... IMHO this one is more "readable".

-dc