- date: documentation ( source)
- strtotime: documentation ( source)
<?php
$currentDate = date('m/d/Y');
$currentDate = date('m/d/Y');
$start = strtotime('01/12/14');
$end = strtotime('02/12/14');
$end_jan = strtotime('01/31/Y');
$current = strtotime($currentDate);
$timestamp = strtotime($currentDate);
if($timestamp >= $current && $timestamp <= $end_jan) {
echo $currentDate;
echo "The date $currentDate is in January";
} else {
echo " timestamp is $timestamp";
echo "start is $start";
echo "end is $end ";
echo "The date $currentDate is NOT within our date range\n";
}