Adding time to a date php

Question

here is my current issue: I need to add a predefined amount to a selected date. I have been using this until now:

$date=date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+7 days'));

but this returns the current date +7 days.

How can I define the current date and the modify that using this? lets say that I have the date defined as:

$udate='2014-05-06';

I need to add 2 months to this date.

Of course a quick **look at the manual** would probably have got you an answer [strtotime() manual page](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php) — RiggsFolly, Aug 28 '14 at 12:12
I did wasted half a day for this, before posting the question. — user3864308, Sep 02 '14 at 09:59

Rikesh · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-28T11:21:41.980

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You can do,

date('Y-m-d',strtotime(date("Y-m-d", strtotime($your_date)) . " +2 months"));

You can also do using DateTime object,

$date = new DateTime($your_date);
$interval = new DateInterval('P2M');    
$date->add($interval);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d')

edited Aug 28 '14 at 11:21

answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:05

Rikesh

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+1 for using `DateTime` class – Sal00m Aug 28 '14 at 11:14
Or use `->modify('+2 month')` on `DateTime` object, which also works on php>=5.2.0. It is also more "readable" code :) – Glavić Aug 28 '14 at 12:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:05

0

you can use:

$date = "2014-08-25";
$newdate = strtotime ( '+2 months' , strtotime ( $date ) ) ;
$newdate = date ( 'Y-m-d' , $newdate );

answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:05

derdida

2 Answers2