date() problem

[Anon]

I´m using date("ymdHis") which I display at a page (yes, I know it´s not really humanlyreadable but I need it) now I need to display the exact date but 3 days backwards. I could do this by simply subtracting from my date("ymdHis") but if it´s a new month or even a new year the results wouldn´t be correct. I take this is a really newbieish question which I apologize for but I really need some pointers here 🙂

[sp0rk]

Slightly clever use of both date() and mktime() is how it's solved. It's actually covered pretty good in the manual these days under the respective functions, but here's what you want.

$timestamp = mktime(date("H"),date("i"),date("s"),date("m"),date("d")-3,date("Y"));
print(date("ymdHis", $timestamp));

Or in english:
1) Create a unix-timestamp from todays date and the current time, but subtract three days
2) Print out the date you're looking for using date() and the timestamp.

And my god, are you trying to reinvent the wheel or something with that format? =)

(och först nu märker jag att du är svensk dessutom, tjena!)

[Anon]

Thanx, had seen that example in the manual before but your example showed me how to actually use it, thanx!

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