Question

Does anyone know of a php class or library that helps deal with dates (meaning weekdays)? For example, I could use it to say “give me the timestamp for next Tuesday at 9:00” or “is this timestamp between next Tuesday and next Thursday”.

I just have a part of my application that I need to make sure I’m not scheduling things at certain times.

Answer 1

There is the built-in DateTime class, but you don’t even need it for this:

//this gives results in the default timezone
//timestamp for next Tuesday at 9:00
strtotime("next tuesday 09:00");
//is this timestamp between next Tuesday and next Thursday
$ts >= strtotime("next tuesday") && $ts < strtotime("next friday")