How to find out what the date was 5 days ago

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Well  the following returns what date was 5 days ago    days ago   date  Y-m-d   mktime 0  0  0  date  m     date  d   - 5  date  Y        But  how do I find what was 5 days ago from any date  not just today   For example  What was 5 days prior to 2008-12-02

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5 days ago from a particular date    date   new DateTime  2008-12-02     date- gt sub new DateInterval  P5D     echo  date- gt format  Y-m-d       n

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simple way to find the same is    date   date  Y-m-d   strtotime  -5 days   strtotime  input date

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I think a readable way of doing that is    days ago   date  Y-m-d   strtotime  -5 days   strtotime  2008-12-02

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Use the built in date sub and date add functions to math with dates   See http   php net manual en datetime sub php   Similar to Sazzad s answer  but in procedural style PHP     date   date create  2008-12-02    date sub  date  date interval create from date string  5 days     echo date format  date   Y-m-d      outputs 2008-11-27

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Try this   date   date  Y-m-d   strtotime  -5 day

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Simply do this   hope it help   fifteendaysago   date create  15 days ago    echo date format  fifteendaysago   Y-m-d

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If you want a method in which you know the algorithm  or the functions mentioned in the previous answer aren t available  convert the date to Julian Day number  which is a way of counting days from January 1st  4713 B C   then subtract five  then convert back to calendar date  year  month  day    Sources of the algorithms for the two conversions is section 9 of http   www hermetic ch cal stud jdn htm or http   en wikipedia org wiki Julian day

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General algorithms for date manipulation convert dates to and from Julian Day Numbers   Here is a link to a description of such algorithms  a description of the best algorithms currently known  and the mathematical proofs of each of them  http   web archive org web 20140910060704 http   mysite verizon net aesir research date date0 htm

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define  SECONDS PER DAY   86400    days ago   date  Y-m-d   time   - 5   SECONDS PER DAY     Other than that  you can use strtotime for any date    days ago   date  Y-m-d   strtotime  January 18  2034   - 5   SECONDS PER DAY     Or  as you used  mktime    days ago   date  Y-m-d   mktime 0  0  0  12  2  2008  - 5   SECONDS PER DAY     Well  you get it  The key is to remove enough seconds from the timestamp

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find out what the date was 5 days ago from today in php   date   strtotime date  Y-m-d   strtotime  -5 day        find out what the date was n days ago from today in php   date   strtotime date  Y-m-d   strtotime  -n day

[php] How to find out what the date was 5 days ago?

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