Question

I am wondering what would be the best date and time format that php can compare later to other dates?

I am trying to do 3 things. Get the date and time, Add 24 hours to the date and time, and later compare that number to the current date and time to verify t has not been 24 hours.

//GET CURRENT DATE AND TIME
$date = date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', time());
//ADD 24 HOURS
$end_date = $date + 24;

//LATER COMPARE THE CURRENT DATE AND TIME TO MY END_DATE
if (date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', time()) > $end_date){
ehco "YOU ARE PAST YOUR TIME";
}else{
echo "still time left";
}

Answer 1

// now + 1 day (24h)
$end_date = strtotime("+1 day");


    //LATER COMPARE THE CURRENT DATE AND TIME TO MY END_DATE
    if (strtotime("now") > $end_date){
    ehco "YOU ARE PAST YOUR TIME";
    }else{
    echo "still time left";
    }

you can see the reference strtotime

If you need to print the value in a readable format you can use the function DATE

date("d-m-Y h:i:s",$end_date);