[Resolved] date prob

[mattotto77]

i basically have a date string formatted as 20/12/2004 and with this date i need it to calculate a day backwards so it would be 19/12/2004, have tried with some of the date functions but need a pointer in the right direction as the date functions are confusing😕

Many thanks

[jonno946]

http://uk.php.net/split

edit:

didnt read your post properly

try:

<?php
$date = "20/12/2004";
list($day, $month, $year) = split('[/]', $date);
$new_day = $day--;
echo $new_day . "/" . $month . "/" . $year;
?>

[mattotto77]

thanks for the info, but was hoping php could work out the date autmatically have tried using mktime but it doesnt seem to work.

Thanks

Sorry fixed it now with the following

list($day, $month, $year) = split('[/]', $date);

$timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day -1,$year);//Make Timestamp

Thanks for your help

[iceman2g]

Had the same problem yesterday, I ended up doing this.

$date = date("d/m/y");
//results in 16/11/2004

$date = date("d/m/y" ,strtotime("-1 day"));
//results in 15/11/2004

This ensures that if it's the start of the month (i.e. 1/11) it'll show the correct month (i.e 31/10).