How to Compare Two Date with Time in Php

Question

I Need To Compare Two Date Time Variable in Php for my project what is the best way to compare

$date1 = "2018-02-06 15:09:44";
$date2 = "2018-02-06 16:09:44";

Expected Result: I need ans as $date2;

Thanks in advance

Convert them to [DateTime objects](http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php), and then you can use all the normal PHP comparison operators — Mark Baker, Feb 06 '18 at 11:50
Possible duplicate of [How to compare two dates in php](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8722806/how-to-compare-two-dates-in-php) — Erik Kalkoken, Feb 06 '18 at 11:51
Please do you research before asking new questions. Apparently this one has been asked and answered before. See my link. — Erik Kalkoken, Feb 06 '18 at 11:52
i need to delete records from mysql database . assume $date2 is current time i need to delete record < current time — Magnil Amar, Feb 06 '18 at 11:53

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '18 at 11:53

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$date1 = new DateTime("2018-02-06 15:09:44");
$date2 = new DateTime("2018-02-06 16:09:44");

if($date1 > $date2 ) {
// statement
}else {
// other statement
}

answered Feb 06 '18 at 11:53

abderrahime sanadi

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '18 at 11:54

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 $date1 = "2018-02-06 15:09:44";
 $date2 = "2018-02-06 16:09:44";

 if(strtotime($date1) < strtotime($date2)) {
   echo "date1 less than date2";
 } else {
   echo "date1 is greater than date2;
 }

answered Feb 06 '18 at 11:54

saddam

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