comparing 2 time stamp dates

[jenny kaur]

i need to know how to display a message if a certain day "2006-05-28" is in a date range input via a html form.

[code]$start_date="2006-05-20";
$end_date="2006-05-29";
$start = strtotime("$start_date");
$end = strtotime("$end_date"); [/code]

how would i display a message in the case above, i.e, your date selection includes "2006-05-28" which is a special day!

however if the date is from 2006-05-29 to 2006-05-30, there should be no message. only if the date range features the 28th!


please help,
cheers!

[redbullmarky]

you're on the right track. now you just need to compare the date with the range.
[code]
$special_date = "2006-05-28";

$start_date="2006-05-20";
$end_date="2006-05-29";
$start = strtotime("$start_date");
$end = strtotime("$end_date");
$special = strtotime($special_date);

if ($special>=$start && $special<=$end)
{
   echo 'thats a special date!';
}
[/code]


cheers
Mark

[Barand]

It will also work without the strtotime conversions

[code]$special_date = "2006-05-28";

$start_date="2006-05-20";
$end_date="2006-05-29";

if ($special_date>=$start_date && $special_date<=$end_date)
{
   echo 'thats a special date!';
}[/code]