Weird Date Problem

[netizen]

I'm having a weird date issue and I'm not sure why?

function checkLog($config){
	if($config->sid){
		$config->currentDate = date("Y-m-d",strtotime(substr($config->sid,0,8))+86400);
		echo $config->currentDate;
	}
	if($config->currentDate >= date("Y-m-d"))
		return 1;
	elseif(!empty($config->uid))
		return 1;
	else
		return 0;
}

This is a simple snippet, it compairs the story id with the current date. Anything that is greater than or equal to today's date is flagged one.

It was working fine since I wrote it back in November of last year.

Now however, if I use the following $sid combinations I get very odd results.

$sid = 200310271

Current Date is listed as 2003-10-28 and flagged one.

$sid = 2003102617

Current Date is listed as 2003-10-26 and flagged zero. For some reason the date did not get push forward 86400 seconds.

Is there a bug in PHP? Why wouldn't it change the date the same as it does for prior example?

I could easilly have a call made to the db for verification, but that wouldn't fix this peculiar date issue.

[tekky]

try using a variable for your strtotime...

$checkdate = strtotime(substr($config->sid,0,8));
$checkdate = strtotime('+1 day', $checkdate);

after looking back over this... I dont think PHP will compare your dates right like that.... I would use timestamps not Y-m-d formats...

reason being 2003-10-28 is a str... so it gets converted to an ordinal value to compare as >= which would quite likely be the cause of your skewed results...

so try this....

if(strtotime($config->currentDate) >= mktime()) 
        return 1; 
    elseif(!empty($config->uid)) 
        return 1; 

[netizen]

Tekky,

Thanks for the input. It helped. With the gain of an hour Sunday, that through off target date for that day.

[ahundiak]

I had a weird date problem once. Solved it by marrying her.

[tekky]

Originally posted by netizen
Tekky,

Thanks for the input. It helped. With the gain of an hour Sunday, that through off target date for that day.

you are getting a weird gain or you had to add a gain to fix it? (lost a bit 😛)