PHP date() functions
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tristanlee85
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tristanlee85
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Basically, I've got a date in the Unix format. I want to test to see if that time is 5 days older than today. So, in rough psuedo:
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if ($stored_date is 5 days older than $today_date)
{
echo "old date";
}
else
{
echo "new date";
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"Unix dates" are in seconds. So five days would be:
60 sec per minute * 60 minutes per hour * 24 hours * 5 days
or
60 sec per minute * 60 minutes per hour * 24 hours * 5 days
or
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$numdays = 5;
$new_date = $old_date + (60 * 60 * 24 * $n_days)(#10850)
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