Subtracting Dates 2

[jsnull]

I want to be able to subtract one date from another and determine if the dates are five years or less apart using PHP using the mm/dd/yyyy format.

Please advise as to possible workable solutions, for example:

$thisdate = "05/06/2006";
$comparedate = "05/01/2001";

$difference = $thisdate - $thatdate;

If ($difference < 5){
do this
}


Jim Null

http://www.jimnull.com

 

[vacunita]

How about:

$date1="05/06/2006";
$date2="05/01/2001";
$years=(strtotime($date1)-strtotime($date2))/31536000;
if ($years<5)
{
echo "Less tan five yeasr";
}

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[jsnull]

That's absolutely perfect! Thank you for the great answer and the quick response.



Jim Null

http://www.jimnull.com

 

[vacunita]

You are most welcome.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.