Shortest way to compare 2 dates in dd/mm/yyyy format

Question

can anyone suggest the neatest way to do this comparison? I need to test if a date provided in dd/mm/yyyy format is less than a fixed date, e.g 01/05/2009 - I know I can convert

Answer 1

Well, you could use the PHP date class, but I am not sure it would be any better than you current solution...

http://php.net/manual/en/book.datetime.php