[RESOLVED] date comparison oddity

[j_70]

I may have overlooked something simple here but:

<?php
$startdate = "05/05/2007";
$enddate = "04/29/2008";

 if (date("m/d/Y", strtotime($startdate)) > date("m/d/Y", strtotime($enddate))) {
                print "start date " . date("m/d/Y", strtotime($startdate));
                print "end date " . date("m/d/Y", strtotime($enddate)) . "<br>";
                 }
                 else
                 { print 'ok';}
?>

Result:

start date 05/05/2007<br>end date 04/29/2008<br>

It thinks the start date is greater than then end date, which it is not. What am I missing? Thanks.

[Installer]

You're comparing strings, so the values of the strings are converted to numbers for the comparison. The startdate value becomes 5 and the enddate value becomes 4. Read about how that works here.

To compare them accurately, use the integer unix times:

if (strtotime($startdate) > strtotime($enddate))

[j_70]

Thanks for the reply and reference.