Conversion of Date string to word issue PHP string - php

Question

I am converting a string number to strtotime and then attempting to get a written date outputted. This is working to an extent but the issue is that the dates are wrong.
THE PHP
$today = date("Y-m-d");
function dateRange($start, $end) {
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$diff = strtotime($end) - strtotime($start);
$daysBetween = floor($diff/(60*60*24));
$formattedDates = array();
for ($i = 0; $i <= $daysBetween; $i++) {
// $tmpDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($start . " + $i days"));
$tmpDate = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($start . " + $i days"));
// $formattedDates[] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($tmpDate));
$formattedDates[] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($tmpDate));
}
return $formattedDates;
}
$start=$date_system_installed;
$end=$today;
$formattedDates = dateRange($start, $end);
foreach ($formattedDates as $dt)
{
$date = strtotime($dt);
echo date('l jS F Y',$date);
}
The outputted dates
The true dates that should be showing but in text
Where am i going wrong for this to output the correct format but incorrect dates?

Answer 1

Here's a date range function I wrote that generates an array of formatted dates. It uses the DateTime() functions which will give you more accurate intervals than things like 60*60/24.
/**
* Creates an array of dates between `$start` and `$end`, intervaled by a day
*
* #param string $start Start date string
* #param string $end End date string
* #param string $format Date format
* #param boolean $inclusive Whether or not to include the start and end dates
* #return array Array of dates between the two
*/
function dateRange($start = null, $end = null, $format = 'Y-m-d', $inclusive = true) {
if (empty($start) || empty($end)) {
return array();
}
$start = new DateTime($start);
$end = new DateTime($end);
if ($inclusive) {
$end = $end->modify('+1 day');
} else {
$start = $start->modify('+1 day');
}
$interval = new DateInterval('P1D');
$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $end);
$daterange = array();
foreach ($period as $date) {
$daterange[] = $date->format($format);
}
return $daterange;
}
And a test case
function testDateRange() {
$results = dateRange('2012-02-20', '2012-03-01');
$expected = array(
'2012-02-20',
'2012-02-21',
'2012-02-22',
'2012-02-23',
'2012-02-24',
'2012-02-25',
'2012-02-26',
'2012-02-27',
'2012-02-28',
'2012-02-29',
'2012-03-01'
);
$this->assertEquals($expected, $results);
$results = dateRange('2012-02-24', '2012-03-01', 'M j');
$expected = array(
'Feb 24',
'Feb 25',
'Feb 26',
'Feb 27',
'Feb 28',
'Feb 29',
'Mar 1'
);
$this->assertEquals($expected, $results);
$results = dateRange('2012-02-25', '2012-03-01', 'Y-m-d', false);
$expected = array(
'2012-02-26',
'2012-02-27',
'2012-02-28',
'2012-02-29'
);
$this->assertEquals($expected, $results);
}

Answer 2

I ran your code - it's all ok
http://codepad.org/E18ccpxV