Well... you could cut the string down like: $string = substr("$string", 0, 9);
then explode them into an array like follows: $array = explode("-", "$string"); and then... $dbdate = date("m/d/Y", mktime(0,0,0,$array[1],$array[2],$array[0])); then do your compare. OR - you could just compare the two mktime calls (i.e. the mktime call above and then compare it with a mktime call with the current (or user specified) date). PHEW! Good luck! -Dash -----Original Message----- From: Kit Kerbel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Date conversion I'm pulling the "2002-04-02 00:00:00" from a database(mssql). It reads 04/02/2002 in the database table, but when you pull the value out with php, it converts it to 2002-04-02 00:00:00. Then I am trying to compare it with 7/11/2002 to see if it is > or <. It's not comparing properly. Not sure what to do. Seems kinda like a stupid sticking point. Kit ----Original Message Follows---- From: Dash McElroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Kit Kerbel' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Date conversion Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:02:03 -0700 How is the string 2002-04-02 00:00:00 entered? Is that generated by a database, a PHP function, or user input on a website? The mktime(); function can probably help you, but take a look at it's funky paramaters. When you're done with mktime();, pass it to date(); with the paramaters you want (i.e. date(mdy, mktime(blah blah blah)); Good luck! -Dash -----Original Message----- From: Kit Kerbel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-WIN] Date conversion I would like to convert 2002-04-02 00:00:00 to the format, 04-02-2002....or m/d/Y How would I do this? Thanx in advance, Kit _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php