Timestamps

[Anon]

Is it possible to create a timestamp from a user-readable and also input date (such as they put in December 24th, 2003 @ 9:45 PM but it is stored in MySQL as the Unix Timestamp for that... I believe that this would make things simpler for comparing dates (such as December 24th, 2003 @ 9:50 PM is five minutes after the stored date, etc.)? Or would some crafty usage of the date() function and mktime() work better?

[djg_uk]

Hi Kyle,

It is a good idea to compare Unix Timestamps instead of English formatted dates. If your input is certain to be in English format, try using the following function:

strtotime();

Regards,

David