Thanks...that did the trick very nicely! i appreciate the help. Ron >From: Jeremy Schreckhise >To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: 01/31/2005 12:56 PM >You could also do: > $daystosubtract = 3; > $mydate = >(date("m/d/y",mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d")-$daystosubtract,date("Y")) )); > >Jeremy Schreckhise > >"Jason Barnett" <jason.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >news:20050131172952.61088.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Ron Herhuth wrote: >> > I am trying to construct a function where I feed it a number such as "x" >> > it returns the date "x" days ago. >> >> <?php >> >> $format = 'l dS of F Y h:i:s A'; >> >> /** Check that "now" relative time is ok, instead of midnight */ >> echo date($format, strtotime("now")) . "\n"; >> >> /** If now resolves correctly, then this should work */ >> $x = strtotime("-1 days"); >> echo date($format, $x); >> >> ?> >> >> > >> > I tried checking out several resources that give you the difference >> > between two dates, but not exactly what I was looking for. I was just >> > hoping someone had a little algorithm in their bag of tricks. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Ron >> > >> >> >> -- >> Teach a man to fish... >> >> NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&w=2 >> STFM | http://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php >> STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php >> LAZY | >> >http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHP&submitform=Find+search+p lugins > >-- >PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >