This is the code that i tired to configure the date with. I don't know if i did this correctly.
<?php
$sixmonth = mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d")-180,date("Y"));
$month = date("m/d/Y", $sixmonth);
$date = $row_news['news_date']; //date in database
this code is what will display
if($totalRows_news>0 && $month >= $date){ ?>
<?php do { ?>
<div class="newsitem">
<h3><?php echo date('F j, Y', strtotime($row_news['news_date'])); ?></h3>
<a href="index.php?news_id=<?php echo $row_news['news_id']; ?>"><?php echo $row_news['news_title']; ?></a>
</div>
<?php } while ($row_news = mysql_fetch_assoc($news)); ?>
<?php } ?>
again im not sure if this is correct, but it is what i came up with...