comparing date function to strings

[Anon]

I am fairly new to php and regularly run into probs. The one I'm having at the moment is I have writen a simple script to dynamicly display each season of the year, however it doesn't seem to display the right one. I have tried to fix the problem but no matter what I do it keeps displaying summer when it should be displaying Autumn. I know this is most likely an easy fix I just can't find it. Not though lack of trying either.

thanks

Paul Kovac

<?PHP

$date = date("d F");

if ($date >= "01 December" && $date < "01 March")
{
echo "It's Summer";
}
elseif ($date >= "01 March" && $date < "01 June")
{
echo "It's Autumn";
}
elseif ($date >= "01 June" && $date < "01 September")
{
echo "It's Winter";
}
elseif ($date >= "01 September" && $date < "01 December")
{
echo "It's Spring";
}

?>

[Anon]

This uses the z format (day of the year, 1-365) to decide the season:
March 20 = First day of spring
June 21 = First day of summer
September 22 = First day of autumn
December 21 = First day of winter

$day = date("z");
if (($day >= 78) && ($day < 171)) {
echo "Spring";
} else if (($day >= 171) && ($day < 264)) {
echo "Summer";
} else if (($day >= 264) && ($day < 354)) {
echo "Fall";
} else {
echo "Winter";
}