You can always use timestamp which is integer.
$todaydate = time();
$showenddate = strtotime($showsRecord['end_date']);
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Terry Ally (Gmail) <terryally@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having a problem with comparing time. I am using the following:
>
> $todaydate = date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a");
> $showenddate = date("D, M jS, Y g:i:s a",
> strtotime($showsRecord['end_date']));
>
> if ($todaydate > $showenddate):
> echo "The date of the show has not yet arrived";
> else:
> echo "The show has ended";
> endif;
>
> The problem that I am encountering is that PHP is rendering the reverse of
> the equation. For example:
>
> If today's date is *11 Nov 2012* and the show's end date is *18 Nov 2012*,
> the message that I am getting is *the show has ended* which is wrong. A
> test example is at http://www.lakesidesurrey.co.uk/test.php.
>
> You can also me what I am doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Terry
>
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