Hello again, folks! I wish to delete records in my database that is older than 3 months. $todays_date = date('Y-m-d'); $old_records_to_delete = ??? if($old_records_to_delete){ include(connect.php); $sql = "DELETE FROM table WHERE date >= '$old_records_to_delete'"; mysql_query($sql, $connect_db) or die(mysql_error()); } Thank you very much for your help to understand also this question :) Karl