Date Range

Reformed

How would one create two variables to represent the begining and end of the current month? I know how ot get the beginning, but the end of the current month eludes me. Here's the beginning variable:

$monthBegin = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),1,date("Y")));

How would I set up the current $monthEnd date format not knowing at what day the month ends?

LordShryku

$monthEnd = date('Y').'-'.date('m').'-'.date('t');

The mktime is not neccesary...

carlosa69

I would actually do the mktime. It makes it a lot easier to change the date format, or if you ever want to make the date format variable, or based on sessions that is also possible.

Reformed

Thanks, worked famously.

LordShryku

Originally posted by carlosa69
I would actually do the mktime. It makes it a lot easier to change the date format, or if you ever want to make the date format variable, or based on sessions that is also possible.

mktime is just an extra function being called for no real reason. The format can be flip flopped as much as you want by just concatenating the date calls together. With the end date, using the mktime solution, you'd be calling date 4 times and mktime once instead of just calling date 3 times.

Reformed

I have one problem. I now need the endmonth variable to display the last month. Do I need mktime to do that? So instead of showing the current end of month, I need to show the last end of month.

LordShryku

The last month of what? The year? Should be able to just replace your date('m') call for 12....

Reformed

Well, I need exactly what you posted for the $endDate, but minus one month. Does that make sense?

LordShryku

I see. You could use mktime, but you could also use strtotime. Since there's a calculation going on, the extra calls are neccesary.

$newEnd = date('Y-m-t', strtotime('last month'));

Reformed

Now that's it. Thanks again. Date formatting is not my strength. 😉