it returns 1 for me. Did you put the simicolon after the values? $CD = 1287583899; $q1s = 1283313600; $q1e = 1291093200; $q2s = 1291179600; $q2e = 1298869200; $q3s = 1298955600; $q3e = 1306814400; $q4s = 1306900800; $q4e = 1314763200; -----Original Message----- From: Don Wieland [mailto:donw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:35 AM To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Weird Behavior Little help please ;) $CD = 1287583899 $q1s = 1283313600 $q1e = 1291093200 $q2s = 1291179600 $q2e = 1298869200 $q3s = 1298955600 $q3e = 1306814400 $q4s = 1306900800 $q4e = 1314763200 Why does the following not return the value "1" in the $qCur var // Current Quarter if($CD >= $q1s && $CD <= $q1e) $qCur = 1; if($CD >= $q2s && $CD <= $q2e) $qCur = 2; if($CD >= $q3s && $CD <= $q3e) $qCur = 3; if($CD >= $q4s && $CD <= $q4e) $qCur = 4; it returns "4" Don Wieland -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php