Yes, will be OK with all dates (though the valid range of a timestamp is typically from Fri, 13 Dec 1901 20:45:54 GMT to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT.)
The function you want for numeric dates is: int mktime ( int hour, int minute, int second, int month, int day, int year) so, in your example (1st Feb 2003): $mydate = mktime(0,0,0,2,1,2003); SW "Qt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Dear Stephen, > > Good clue!! > > Is it working allways without problem such as 29 feb? > > And one more hel how can I write "1 2 2003" instead of "1 february 2003" > > I wrote but directly but doesn' t work > > thanks > > "Stephen Willcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Try: > > > > $today = strtotime ("1 february 2003"); > > $enddate = strtotime ("2 february 2003"); > > $diff = $enddate - $today; > > > > Should give you a clue! > > > > SW > > > > > > "Qt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Dear Kevin, > > > > > > I used timestamp allready as following; > > > > > > $today = strtotime ("1 february 2003"); > > > $enddate = strtotime ("1 march 2003"); > > > > > > $diff = $enddate - $today; > > > > > > But result comes as > > > > > > 2419200 > > > > > > How can I convert that numbers to days > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > "Kevin Waterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > This one time, at band camp, > > > > "qt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Sirs, > > > > > > > > > > How can I add or subtract two date easily. Is therea any lib or > > function > > > > > about this. I can not find any easy way in the manual > > > > > > > > if the dates are timestamps, simply > > > > > > > > $new = $timestamp2 - $timestamp1; > > > > > > > > cheers > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ______ > > > > (_____ \ > > > > _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ > > > > | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) > > > > | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / > > > > |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) > > > > Kevin Waterson > > > > Port Macquarie, Australia > > > > > > > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php