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Re: comparing dates?

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On 10/2/2011 9:00 AM, Michael Joel wrote:
> Is there a better way to compare dates than breaking a date into day,
> month, year and comparing each part?
> I need to know if a date (say 10/03/2011) is before another date in
> the same format. Direct comparison doesn't work.
>
> Thanks
> Mike

If the dates are since 1/1/1970 you can use strtotime() to convert to a 
unix date/time and compare directly.

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comparing dates? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-10-02 09:00 -0400
  Re: comparing dates? houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2011-10-02 15:43 +0200
  Re: comparing dates? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-10-02 09:58 -0400
  Re: comparing dates? Doug Miller <doug_at_milmacdotcom@example.com> - 2011-10-02 12:36 -0400
    Re: comparing dates? gordonb.wr5h4@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2011-10-02 23:54 -0500
      Re: comparing dates? Doug Miller <doug_at_milmacdotcom@example.com> - 2011-10-03 11:50 -0400
        Re: comparing dates? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-10-03 14:59 -0400
  Re: comparing dates? bobm3@worthless.info - 2011-10-03 20:31 -0400
  Re: comparing dates? Michael Joel <no@please.com> - 2011-10-04 09:27 -0400
    Re: comparing dates? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-04 15:43 +0100
  Re: comparing dates? "Álvaro G. Vicario" <alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX@demogracia.com.invalid> - 2011-10-06 11:00 +0200

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