How to check if todays date is same as a given date in PHP

Question

I am trying to check if today's date is = 04/01/2013 in a PHP file. I have written the following JS Script. But I am getting some error. Dont know why. Please help

//This function will return if today is the date that we are looking for
function isToday($time) // midnight second
{
    alert('1');
    return (strtotime($time) === strtotime('today'));
 }

Testing using the following:

if (isToday('2013-04-01 00:00:00.0') )
{
  alert('Yes true');
}
else
{
  alert("No false');
}

Please help how to compare today date = 04/01/2013. Thanks.

Are you coding in JavaScript, or PHP ? I'm confused. What's the error you're getting ? strtotime is a PHP function, where the rest is JavaScript it looks like. — kevingreen, Jan 04 '13 at 19:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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If you want to do a date/time compare in JavaScript, you will be best off checking this question asked previously:

Javascript equivalent of php's strtotime()?

That is a strtotime equivalent in JavaScript.

Here's a brief example:

var d = new Date("2013-04-01");
if(d == new Date()) {
    alert('yes')
} else {
    alert('no')
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Jan 04 '13 at 19:15

kevingreen

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This might have an issue that it's to the second I think. – kevingreen Jan 04 '13 at 19:21

adamdehaven · Answer 2 · 2013-01-04T20:17:30.610

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In PHP:

// Get the time
$serverDate = date('d/m/Y',time());

// Date to check against
$dateToCheck = '04/01/2013';

if($dateToCheck == $serverDate) {
  alert('Yes true');
} else {
  alert('No false');
}

edited Jan 04 '13 at 20:17

answered Jan 04 '13 at 19:16

adamdehaven

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How to find out the server Hour diff? – Ditty Jan 04 '13 at 19:18
Edited answer - Look at the first line – adamdehaven Jan 04 '13 at 19:24
If I dont need to worry about timezone and it is presumed that the server is in Eastern Timezone? – Ditty Jan 04 '13 at 19:33

How to check if todays date is same as a given date in PHP

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