- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- mktime: documentation ( source)
- date: documentation ( source)
<?php
$timelimit = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', mktime(12, 30, 12, 3, 12, 2014));
$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
var_dump($timelimit, $now, $timelimit < $now); die;