date problems

[Anon]

Hey Everyone!

I'm getting a date from a user in the format of 2001-01-09.

print"<tr><th>Activation:&nbsp</th><td>
<INPUT TYPE=\"text\" name=\"activation\" value=\"$activation\" size=\"4\"></td></tr>";

$activation is where that date is stored as it is passed to the update function.

From this activation date of 2001-01-09 I want to generate a renewal date for a year later. Therefore $renewal = 2002-01-09.

How do I do this??
Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

[Anon]

Look at the user-supplied notes on this page:

http://www.php.net/date

the easiest way to do this is:

list($year, $month, $day) = split("-", $activation);
$renewal = Date("Y-m-d", mktime(0,0,0,$month, $day, $year + 1));

now $renewal will contain a date 1 year ahead. Using the date and mktime() functions you avoid any anomolies with leap years or other such problems. Hope that helps!

Chris King

[Anon]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Woo Hoooo!