Question

So I have some events(party) and each one has a date, when the party will be, how can I check this against the current date? I need to find all events that have passed?
Any ideas? I don’t even know from where to start, I store the date in mysql like this: dd/mm/yy it’s plain text because I user WP metabox.

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Convert the date into a Unix timestamp:

list($d,$m,$y)=explode("/",$datestring);
$date=mktime(0,0,0,$m,$d,$y);

then compare with today:

$today=mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d"),date("Y"));

using <, == or >:

if($date<$today)
{
     echo "Date is in the past";
}