How to compare two dates in php

Question

How to compare two dates in php if dates are in format \'03_01_12\' and \'31_12_11\' .

I am using this code:

$date1=date(\'         


        

Answer 1

Guys Please don't make it so complex The simple answer bellow

$date1=date('d_m_y');
$date2='31_12_11';
$date1=str_replace('_', '-', $date1);
$date2=str_replace('_', '-', $date2)
if(strtotime($date1) < strtotime($date2))
   echo '1 is small ='.strtotime($date1).','.$date1;
else
   echo '2 is small ='.strtotime($date2).','.$date2;

I just have added two more lines with your code

Answer 2

You will have to make sure that your dates are valid date objects.

Try this:

$date1=date('d/m/y');
$tempArr=explode('_', '31_12_11');
$date2 = date("d/m/y", mktime(0, 0, 0, $tempArr[1], $tempArr[0], $tempArr[2]));

You can then perform the strtotime() method to get the difference.

Answer 3

Using DateTime::createFromFormat:

$format = "d_m_y";
$date1  = \DateTime::createFromFormat($format, "03_01_12");
$date2  = \DateTime::createFromFormat($format, "31_12_11");

var_dump($date1 > $date2);

Answer 4

The date_diff() function returns the difference between two DateTime objects.

If the first date is before the second date a positive number of days will be returned; otherwise a negative number of days:

<?php
$date1=date_create("2013-03-15");
$date2=date_create("2013-12-12");
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2);
echo $diff->format("%R%a days");
?>

output will be "+272 days" ;

changing $date1 = "2014-03-15"

 <?php
    $date1=date_create("2014-03-15");
    $date2=date_create("2013-12-12");
    $diff=date_diff($date1,$date2);
    echo $diff->format("%R%a days");
    ?>

Output will be "-93 days"

Answer 5

I think this one is very simple function

function terminateOrNotStringtoDate($currentDate, $terminationdate)
{
    $crtDate = new DateTime($currentDate);
    $termDate = new DateTime($terminationdate);
    if($crtDate >= $termDate)
    {
        return true;
    } else {
    return false;
    }
}

Answer 6

Extending @nevermind's answer, one can use DateTime::createFromFormat: like,

// use - instead of _. replace _ by - if needed.
$format = "d-m-y";
$date1  = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, date('d-m-y'));
$date2  = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, str_replace("_", "-",$date2));    
var_dump($date1 > $date2);