How can I check if the current date time is past a set date time

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I m trying to write a script that will check if the current date time is past the 05 15 2010 at 4PM  How can I use PHP s date   function to perform this check

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Since PHP    5 2 2 you can use the DateTime class as such   if  new DateTime    gt  new DateTime  2010-05-15 16 00 00            current time is greater than 2010-05-15 16 00 00       in other words  2010-05-15 16 00 00 has passed     The string passed to the DateTime constructor is parsed according to these rules      Note that it is also possible to use time and strtotime functions  See original answer

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There s also the DateTime class which implements a function for comparison operators       now   new DateTime     dtA   new DateTime  05 14 2010 3 00PM     dtB   new DateTime  05 14 2010 4 00PM     if    dtA  gt   dtB       echo  dtA  gt  dtB     else     echo  dtA  lt   dtB

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Check PHP s strtotime-function to convert your set date time to a timestamp  http   php net manual en function strtotime php  If strtotime can t handle your date time format correctly   4 00PM  will probably work but not  at 4PM    you ll need to use string-functions  e g  substr to parse correct your format and retrieve your timestamp through another function  e g  mktime   Then compare the resulting timestamp with the current date time  if   calulated timestamp  gt  time         date in the future       to see whether the set date time is in the past or the future   I suggest to read the PHP-doc on date time-functions and get back here with some of your source-code once you get stuck

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date default timezone set  Asia Kolkata      curDateTime   date  Y-m-d H i s     myDate   date  Y-m-d H i s   strtotime  2018-06-26 16 15 33     if  myDate  lt   curDateTime       echo  active  exit   else      echo  inactive  exit

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