Question

I have removed the desired output and some styling as they dont affect the question. I cant seem to compare the two dates properly, idea is that if currentDate is greater than deadlineDate there will be no output for that route. What i am trying to do is prevent the system from listing routes which are already closed. I dont understand why its so difficult or then i am missing something very basic here.

<?php
$driveDays = mysql_query("SELECT date,routeid from StopDates where routeid='".$row['id']."' ORDER BY date ASC");

while($stopDates = mysql_fetch_array($driveDays)){
$orderDaysBefore = $row['lastOrderDate']; // How many days before the order must be placed.

// Change the date taken from the query to new format 
$originalDate=($stopDates['date']);
$newDate = date("d.m", strtotime($originalDate));

// Count the deadline date for the route.
$deadlineDate = strtotime ("-".$orderDaysBefore." days +12 hours", strtotime ($originalDate)) ;
$deadlineDate = Date('d.m.y G:i', $deadlineDate);


//Get current date which is then compared to the deadline date. Idea is that if currentDate is larger than deadlinedate there will be no input.
$currentDate=Date("d.m.y G:i"); 


//The line below doesnt seem to be working, i have tried mktime and time too but for some reason it just cant compare.                              
if (strtotime($currentDate) > strtotime($deadlineDate)){
// Output nothing
}
else { ?>

<p>Output stuff here</p>


<?php
}
} 
?>

Problem is that for some rows it hides the route and for some it doesnt. I have tried to do this with mktime and time but i cant seem to figure out what the problem is. Most of the guides i see tell to convert dates to unix timestamp format and if i understand correctly thats exactly what i am trying to do here. Im pretty sure my mistake is a simple one.

Strange thing is that for some dates it seems to work like if deadlineDate is over a month old. deadlineDate forms correctly in the d.m.y G:i format.

Solved

I skipped formatting and compared strtotimes
I added:

$currentDate2=strtotime("now");

$deadlineDate2 = strtotime ("-".$orderDaysBefore." days +12 hours", strtotime ($originalDate)) ;


And then i compare $currentDate2 and $deadlineDate2

Answer 1

Skip the formatting and just compare the results from strtotime().