Simple Date/Time Check for a Form

[jthurstenson]

I am working on a simple form to be used on our intranet site. The purpose is to request/reserve a vehicle from our automotive dept.

 

I need to check the "DateNeeded" variable agains the "ReturnDate" variable to make sure DateNeeded is before ReturnDate, and return an error if it is not.

 

Thanks in advance.

[DjMikeS]

I don't have the full code, but what you should do.

 

convert the returndate into a unix timestamp with http://nl2.php.net/maketime

do the same for dateneeded and compare the two.

 

This will allow you to also work with hours of you want to.

[jthurstenson]

Thanks for the help. I will play with that and RE with the results.

[Brandon Jaeger]

function is_due($date_needed, $date_return)
{
$needed = explode('/', $date_needed);
$return = explode('/', $date_return);

$DateNeeded = mktime(0, 0, 0, $needed[0], $needed[1], $needed[2]);
$ReturnDate = mktime(0, 0, 0, $return[0], $return[1], $return[2]);

if($DateNeeded < $ReturnDate)
	return true;

return false;
}

// Example usage:
if(is_due('10/7/2008', '10/6/2008'))
echo 'due';
else
echo 'not due';

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