Hi,
Just need a sounding board to help me think this through.

I want to check the current date to determine what "season" it is and display the 
appropriate picture.

I define spring as 03/21/YYYY, summer as 06/21/YYYY, autumn as 09/21/YYYY, and winter 
as 12/21/YYYY.

I form a string for the current date and get a timestamp via mktime().
I also get the equivalent timestamps for the dates above for the seasonal changes.

Then, I compare the current date to see if it's between the seasonal dates.
The problem is when I go from 12/31/YYYY to 01/01/(YYYY+1).
Since winter and spring dates are one year apart, the current date timestamp 
comparison gets messed up and nothing displays.

How do I do a proper comparison?  I was thinking of just seeing if the current date 
timestamp is greater than each of the seasonal date timestamp, but it feels like I 
would miss something.  Would I?  Or is there another solution?

Thank you for your time.

--Stephen

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