PHP date comparison

Question

How would I check if a date in the format \"2008-02-16 12:59:57\" is less than 24 hours ago?

Answer 1

Just adding another answer, using strtotime's relative dates:

$date = '2008-02-16 12:59:57';
if (strtotime("$date +1 day") <= time()) {
    // Do something
}

I think this makes the code much more readable.

Answer 2

You can use Simple PHP to do this:

$date = new simpleDate();
echo $date->now()->subtractHour(24)->compare('2008-02-16 12:59:57')->isBefore();

Answer 3

if (strtotime("2008-02-16 12:59:57") >= time() - 24 * 60 * 60)
{ /*LESS*/ }