How to return TRUE when an account was created more than 30 days ago?
I have the following date:
$udata['joined']; - record date in time():
I tried like this
If($udata['joined'] = strtotime ("+30 days", time())){
return true;
}
Any idea why it's not working correctly?
Return empty.
I guess you want
If timestamp is smaller than (or exactly) 30 days ago
if ($udata['joined'] <= strtotime("-30 days", time()) {
return TRUE;
}
(you need to substract 30 days from now and remove all syntax errors)
You are assigning a value instead of using an operator, i.e. you are using = instead of ==. Try this:
If($udata['joined'] == strtotime ("+30 days", time())){
return true;
}
Edit
As others pointed out, checking for equality will most likely always return false anyway, because you'd be very luck to hit the exact same timestamp!
What you are looking for is the <= (less than or equal) operator to check if $udata['joined'] is a timestamp before 30 days ago. In other words :
// true if the provided date is before 30 days ago
return strtotime($udata['joined']) < strtotime("-30 days", time());
I have these two functions:
function time_is_older_than($timestamp, $time_string)
{
if (strtotime($timestamp) < strtotime('-' . $time_string))
return true;
return false;
}
function time_is_younger_than($timestamp, $time_string)
{
if (strtotime($timestamp) > strtotime('-' . $time_string))
return true;
return false;
}
They enable me to do neat things like:
if (time_is_older_than($last_time_some_action_happened, '5 minutes'))
do_it_again();
They normally work, except for during one hour every six months, when my timezone switches over to "summer time" or "winter time". This means that the clocks are increased or put back one hour at midnight (according to this timezone).
The PHP manual states this for strtotime:
The Unix timestamp that this function returns does not contain information about time zones. In order to do calculations with date/time information, you should use the more capable DateTimeImmutable.
However, if I provide the exact same date/time string, with "+08:00" added in the end versus "+00:00", for example, I get different numbers of seconds returned. So strtotime() does understand timezones when it parses the provided time, even if the returned integer obviously doesn't contain this information. (Nor is it expected or required to by me.)
I've spent countless hours trying to debug this, testing countless things, and just sitting here thinking, but I can't figure out what exactly would make the code I have fail, specifically for one hour. And especially what about it I need to change. Setting the second parameter for strtotime() seems likely, but I just couldn't make it work correctly.
My hottest "lead" for quite some time was that the strtotime('-' . $time_string) part is ending up using a different timezone than the timestamp strings provided, but I do provide timezone data to it most of the time! An example of $last_time_some_action_happened might be something like 2020-10-28 02:22:41.123456+01.
I set the timezone with date_default_timezone_set().
I suspect that I only need to make some very minor change, but I've been experimenting so much and so long now, even taking rests in between, that my brain can no longer see this clearly. I bet the solution is something awfully simple.
Please don't tell me to use DateTimeImmutable. This would fundamentally change my entire structure and require me to do things very differently. Perhaps I should, and even will, at some point, but for now, I just wish to fix this rare but still very annoying bug in my existing code. (If it's possible at all, which I very much believe is the case.)
I'm able to reproduce the issue you are having:
date_default_timezone_set('Pacific/Auckland');
// Daylight saving time 2020 in New Zealand began at 2:00am on Sunday, 27 September
$current = strtotime('2020-09-27 02:04:00');
$d1 = strtotime('2020-09-27 02:05:00', $current);
$d2 = strtotime('-5 minutes', $current);
var_dump($d1 > $d2); // false
var_dump(date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $d1)); // 2020-09-27 03:05:00
var_dump(date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $d2)); // 2020-09-27 03:59:00
This person looks to be having the same issue as you and may appear to be a bug.
DateTime::modify and DST switch
The solution is to convert the dates to UTC then compare:
// Convert to UTC and compare
$d1 = new \DateTime('2020-09-27 02:05:00', new \DateTimeZone('Pacific/Auckland'));
$d2 = new \DateTime('2020-09-27 02:04:00', new \DateTimeZone('Pacific/Auckland'));
$d2->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$d2->modify('-5 minutes');
$d2->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('Pacific/Auckland'));
var_dump($d1 > $d2); // true
var_dump($d1->format(\DateTimeInterface::RFC3339_EXTENDED)); // 2020-09-27T03:05:00.000+13:00
var_dump($d2->format(\DateTimeInterface::RFC3339_EXTENDED)); // 2020-09-27T01:59:00.000+12:00
I've updated your functions:
function time_is_older_than($datetime, $time_string)
{
$d1 = new \DateTime($datetime);
$d1->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$d2 = new \DateTime();
$d2->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$d2->modify('-' . $time_string);
return $d1 < $d2;
}
function time_is_younger_than($datetime, $time_string)
{
$d1 = new \DateTime($datetime);
$d1->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$d2 = new \DateTime();
$d2->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$d2->modify('-' . $time_string);
return $d1 > $d2;
}
Could you consider a solution:
In the timestamp string（like Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200）, add a timezone tag which specify timezone without difference of daylight saving time.
I have following
$var = "2010-01-21 00:00:00.0"
I'd like to compare this date against today's date (i.e. I'd like to know if this $var is before today or equals today or not)
What function would I need to use?
strtotime($var);
Turns it into a time value
time() - strtotime($var);
Gives you the seconds since $var
if((time()-(60*60*24)) < strtotime($var))
Will check if $var has been within the last day.
That format is perfectly appropriate for a standard string comparison e.g.
if ($date1 > $date2){
//Action
}
To get today's date in that format, simply use: date("Y-m-d H:i:s").
So:
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$date = "2010-01-21 00:00:00";
if ($date < $today) {}
That's the beauty of that format: it orders nicely. Of course, that may be less efficient, depending on your exact circumstances, but it might also be a whole lot more convenient and lead to more maintainable code - we'd need to know more to truly make that judgement call.
For the correct timezone, you can use, for example,
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
Click here to refer to the available PHP Timezones.
Here you go:
function isToday($time) // midnight second
{
return (strtotime($time) === strtotime('today'));
}
isToday('2010-01-22 00:00:00.0'); // true
Also, some more helper functions:
function isPast($time)
{
return (strtotime($time) < time());
}
function isFuture($time)
{
return (strtotime($time) > time());
}
You can use the DateTime class:
$past = new DateTime("2010-01-01 00:00:00");
$now = new DateTime();
$future = new DateTime("2021-01-01 00:00:00");
Comparison operators work*:
var_dump($past < $now); // bool(true)
var_dump($future < $now); // bool(false)
var_dump($now == $past); // bool(false)
var_dump($now == new DateTime()); // bool(true)
var_dump($now == $future); // bool(false)
var_dump($past > $now); // bool(false)
var_dump($future > $now); // bool(true)
It is also possible to grab the timestamp values from DateTime objects and compare them:
var_dump($past ->getTimestamp()); // int(1262286000)
var_dump($now ->getTimestamp()); // int(1431686228)
var_dump($future->getTimestamp()); // int(1577818800)
var_dump($past ->getTimestamp() < $now->getTimestamp()); // bool(true)
var_dump($future->getTimestamp() > $now->getTimestamp()); // bool(true)
* Note that === returns false when comparing two different DateTime objects even when they represent the same date.
To complete BoBby Jack, the use of DateTime OBject, if you have php 5.2.2+ :
if(new DateTime() > new DateTime($var)){
// $var is before today so use it
}
$toBeComparedDate = '2014-08-12';
$today = (new DateTime())->format('Y-m-d'); //use format whatever you are using
$expiry = (new DateTime($toBeComparedDate))->format('Y-m-d');
var_dump(strtotime($today) > strtotime($expiry)); //false or true
One caution based on my experience, if your purpose only involves date then be careful to include the timestamp. For example, say today is "2016-11-09". Comparison involving timestamp will nullify the logic here. Example,
// input
$var = "2016-11-09 00:00:00.0";
// check if date is today or in the future
if ( time() <= strtotime($var) )
{
// This seems right, but if it's ONLY date you are after
// then the code might treat $var as past depending on
// the time.
}
The code above seems right, but if it's ONLY the date you want to compare, then, the above code is not the right logic. Why? Because, time() and strtotime() will provide include timestamp. That is, even though both dates fall on the same day, but difference in time will matter. Consider the example below:
// plain date string
$input = "2016-11-09";
Because the input is plain date string, using strtotime() on $input will assume that it's the midnight of 2016-11-09. So, running time() anytime after midnight will always treat $input as past, even though they are on the same day.
To fix this, you can simply code, like this:
if (date("Y-m-d") <= $input)
{
echo "Input date is equal to or greater than today.";
}
Few years later, I second Bobby Jack's observation that last 24 hrs is not today!!! And I am surprised that the answer was so much upvoted...
To compare if a certain date is less, equal or greater than another, first you need to turn them "down" to beginning of the day. In other words, make sure that you're talking about same 00:00:00 time in both dates.
This can be simply and elegantly done as:
strtotime("today") <=> strtotime($var)
if $var has the time part on 00:00:00 like the OP specified.
Replace <=> with whatever you need (or keep it like this in php 7)
Also, obviously, we're talking about same timezone for both.
For list of supported TimeZones
$date1=date_create("2014-07-02");
$date2=date_create("2013-12-12");
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2);
(the w3schools example, it works perfect)
Expanding on Josua's answer from w3schools:
//create objects for the dates to compare
$date1=date_create($someDate);
$date2=date_create(date("Y-m-d"));
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2);
//now convert the $diff object to type integer
$intDiff = $diff->format("%R%a");
$intDiff = intval($intDiff);
//now compare the two dates
if ($intDiff > 0) {echo '$date1 is in the past';}
else {echo 'date1 is today or in the future';}
I hope this helps. My first post on stackoverflow!
Some given answers don't have in consideration the current day!
Here it is my proposal.
$var = "2010-01-21 00:00:00.0"
$given_date = new \DateTime($var);
if ($given_date == new \DateTime('today')) {
//today
}
if ($given_date < new \DateTime('today')) {
//past
}
if ($given_date > new \DateTime('today')) {
//future
}
Compare date time objects:
(I picked 10 days - Anything older than 10 days is "OLD", else "NEW")
$now = new DateTime();
$yourdate = new DateTime("2021-08-24");
$diff=date_diff($yourdate,$now);
$diff_days = $diff->format("%a");
if($diff_days > 10){
echo "OLD! " . $yourdate->format('m/d/Y');
}else{
echo "NEW! " . $yourdate->format('m/d/Y');
}
If you do things with time and dates Carbon is you best friend;
Install the package then:
$theDay = Carbon::make("2010-01-21 00:00:00.0");
$theDay->isToday();
$theDay->isPast();
$theDay->isFuture();
if($theDay->lt(Carbon::today()) || $theDay->gt(Carbon::today()))
lt = less than,
gt = greater than
As in the question:
$theDay->gt(Carbon::today()) ? true : false;
and much more;
Try this:
if (date("Y-m-d",strtotime($funding_dt)) >= date("Y-m-d",strtotime('31-01-2007')))
{
echo "ok";
} else {
echo "not";
}
I'm using the following function to check whether the date is in the past, but I want to exclude today’s date from it as it returns true for today's date also.
For example, if I pass today's date 2018-03-15, it returns true when it shouldn't.
function is_date_in_past($date):bool
{
return !empty($date) && (strtotime($date) < time());
}
Can anybody please help me with this, that how to exclude today's date from being recognised as past date?
Thanks in advance.
Use DateTime objects. They are easier to use than the old date & time functions and the code is more clear.
function is_date_in_past($date) {
return new DateTime($date) < new DateTime("today");
}
If you'd like to use old date/time functions, you can do like that:
function is_date_in_past(string $date) :bool
{
return !empty($date) && strtotime($date) < strtotime(date('Y-m-d'));
}
but better to consider to use https://stackoverflow.com/a/49305230/9254020 variant
I have a duration like this: 211:30:24. I have to compare whether it's greater than other duration like 01:00:00. I am using strtotime function to change duration into int and then comparing it.
But the problem is strtotime(211:30:24) is returning false. Up to 24:00:00, it's working fine.
I am using below code:
$duration = strtotime('211:30:24');
if($duration >= strtotime ( '01:00:00' )){
return true;
}else{
return false;
}
$duration is false.
I am using php5.1. Anybody have idea why it's happening.
Please go through
http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.time.php
the time you specified is not valid, valid time format is mentioned in the document