Trying to make PHP interpret dd/mm/YYYY instead of mm/dd/YYYY

[jakeone]

Hello,

I think I've almost solved this problem but wondered if anyone can fill in the last bit for me. The problem with the following code is that I want "01/06/2003" to be in ("dd/mm/YYYY") format but PHP keeps interpreting it as "mm/dd/YYYY" and therefore ruining the condition in the if statement.

Is there a way to make PHP interpret "01/06/2003" as dd/mm/YYYY instead of mm/dd/YYYY?

<?php
$downloadDeadline = strtotime("01/06/2003");
echo $downloadDeadline."--";
// today is 17/04/2003 (dd/mm/YYYY)
$today = time();
echo $today."--";
if ($downloadDeadline > $today){
echo "can download";
}else{
echo "can't download";
?>

Many thanks for any pointers.

[drew010]

try to explode() the date you have using / as a separator and then rewrite the date the way you want it.

$date = "01/06/2003";
$datepieces = explode("/",$date);

$newdate = $datepieces[1] . "/" . $datepieces[0] . "/" . $datepieces[2];

[jakeone]

drew010,

I can't thank you enough - it works! And hey, it's only 4.15 am here in the UK...

<?php

$customerEmail = "[e-mail]";
$date = "08/01/2003";
$datepieces = explode("/",$date);
$newdate = $datepieces[1] . "/" . $datepieces[0] . "/" . $datepieces[2];
$downloadDeadline = strtotime($newdate);
echo $downloadDeadline."--";
$today = time();
echo $today."--";
if ($downloadDeadline > $today){
echo "can download";
}else{
echo "can't download";
}

?>

Thanks again.

Jake

[drew010]

hehe my pleasure, ive spent many a night up late trying to figure out coding problems. glad it helped