[SOLVED] date calclation

[bhavin_85]

hey guys

 

ive had a little search but couldnt find anything

 

i need to do the following calculation:

if the date of the last order is less then 3 months ago from todays date return true else return false

i know i need an if statement, but how do u do the actualy calculation?

 

 

[kenrbnsn]

Use the strtotime() function to get the date of three months ago in a UNIX time stamp and the order date in a UNIX time stamp and then compare the two.

 

<?php
$order_date = strtotime('2007-03-14');
$three_months_ago = strtotime('-3 months');
if ($order_date < $three_months_ago) {
//
//  old
//
} else {
//
// new
//
}
?>

 

Ken

 

[bhavin_85]

ken....ive used this

 

$threemonthdate = strtotime('-3 months');

 

and it is echoing this....1168965118

shouldnt it be in the date format - yyyy-mm-dd ???

 

[kenrbnsn]

No, the strtotime() function returns a UNIX timestamp, i.e. the number of seconds since 1970-01-01. If you want to display it as a date string use

<?php
echo date('Y-m-d',$threemonthdate);
?>

 

Ken