How to check if the date is in the past in PHP?

Question

my date format is: Jan-21-2016 I want to check if it is in the past or not in PHP. How can I do it?

Ben · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-21T12:47:27.787

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Using strtotime():

if(strtotime($date)<strtotime("today")){
    echo "past";
} elseif(strtotime($date)==strtotime("today")){
    echo "today";
} else {
    echo "future";
}

edited Jan 21 '16 at 12:47

answered Jan 21 '16 at 12:42

Ben

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It works. Thank you very much. – nilesh_ramteke Jan 21 '16 at 13:05
Isn't `time()` simpler than `strtotime("today")`? – TRiG Jun 07 '17 at 13:06
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@TRiG, `time()` would give the current date and **time**, but `strtotime('Jan-21-2016')` would give the date at midnight of that day. This will cause of issue for the `today` case. – bakavic Jun 09 '17 at 06:52

How to check if the date is in the past in PHP?

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