Comparing two Dates using strtotime() in PHP
date, php, strtotime
Solution
If you want to use MM/DD/YYYY format you need `/` separator.
$four_days_have_passed = "07/14/2013";
$now = "07/10/2013";
From the manual:-
Dates in the m/d/y or d-m-y formats are disambiguated by looking at the separator between the various components: if the separator is a slash (/), then the American m/d/y is assumed; whereas if the separator is a dash (-) or a dot (.), then the European d-m-y format is assumed.
Problem
I have two variables containing strings of dates in the format ``` $four_days_have_passed = "07-14-2013"; $now = "07-10-2013"; ``` I have checked the output in FirePHP and the dates are correct. Then I try to compare them like this, ``` if (strtotime($now) < strtotime($four_days_have_passed)) { Do Stuff } ``` Why does the code inside the IF statement never execute?