Utils

Compare two dates

Method 1

$date1 = date('Y/m/d');
$date2 = "";
//explode 2009-05-31  -> 2009 05 31
$date_1_1 = explode("/", $date1);
$date_2_2 = explode("-", $date2);
//concatenate 2009 05 31 -> 20090531
$date_comp1 = $date_1_1[0].$date_1_1[1].$date_1_1[2];
$date_comp2 = $date_2_2[0].$date_2_2[1].$date_2_2[2];

$compared_date = $date_comp2 - $date_comp1;