Hi
I am failing to write a script which compares a list of dates in a file with today's date.
OS: Solaris 10
I have a file which has server names & dates, i need to compare the date in this file with today's date, if it is less than today it should print the server name.
code i tried is
I am receiving an error for 08 day it says
[[:03/08: value too great for base (error token is "08")
Please help ...
Last edited by Franklin52; 03-24-2014 at 09:32 AM..
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hi ,
I have two variables both containg dates,
x= `date`
and
y= `date'
their format being -> Fri Nov 12 22:59:50 MST 2004
how do I compare which one is greater.
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Hi All.
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Example:
if ; then
echo "Do something..."
fi
Any ideas or examples?
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
datetime.diff
DATETIME.DIFF(3) 1 DATETIME.DIFF(3)DateTime::diff - Returns the difference between two DateTime objects
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public DateInterval DateTime::diff (DateTimeInterface $datetime2, [bool $absolute = false])
DESCRIPTION
DateInterval DateTimeImmutable::diff (DateTimeInterface $datetime2, [bool $absolute = false]) DateInterval DateTimeInterface::diff (Date-
TimeInterface $datetime2, [bool $absolute = false])
Procedural style
DateInterval date_diff (DateTimeInterface $datetime1, DateTimeInterface $datetime2, [bool $absolute = false])
Returns the difference between two DateTimeInterface objects.
PARAMETERS
o $datetime
- The date to compare to.
o $absolute
- Should the interval be forced to be positive?
RETURN VALUES
The DateInterval object representing the difference between the two dates or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
DateTime.diff(3) example
Object oriented style
<?php
$datetime1 = new DateTime('2009-10-11');
$datetime2 = new DateTime('2009-10-13');
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days');
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$datetime1 = date_create('2009-10-11');
$datetime2 = date_create('2009-10-13');
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days');
?>
The above examples will output:
+2 days
Example #2
DateTime object comparison
Note
As of PHP 5.2.2, DateTime objects can be compared using comparison operators.
<?php
$date1 = new DateTime("now");
$date2 = new DateTime("tomorrow");
var_dump($date1 == $date2);
var_dump($date1 < $date2);
var_dump($date1 > $date2);
?>
The above example will output:
bool(false)
bool(true)
bool(false)
SEE ALSO DateInterval.format(3), DateTime.add(3), DateTime.sub(3).
PHP Documentation Group DATETIME.DIFF(3)