current date - 7 dayz?

[mr_burns]

hi,
i am wanting to get the date 7 days ago but wasnt sure how to do it.
something like:

$current_date = date("Y-m-d") - [seven days];

also, i would like to expand this to get the date 3/6 months ago or a
year ago. any ideas? cheers

burnsy

[Tom Thackrey]

On 7-Oct-2003, bi******@yahoo.co.uk (mr_burns) wrote:

i am wanting to get the date 7 days ago but wasnt sure how to do it.
something like:

$current_date = date("Y-m-d") - [seven days];

also, i would like to expand this to get the date 3/6 months ago or a
year ago. any ideas? cheers

$when = '2003-04-01';
$dayminus7 = date('Y-m-d',strtotime("$when -7 day"));
$dayminus3months = date('Y-m-d',strtotime("$when -3 month"));
$dayminus1year = date('Y-m-d',strtotime("$when -1 year"));

You can also use $when = 'now'; for the current date.
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[Paulus Magnus]

"mr_burns" <bi******@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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hi,
i am wanting to get the date 7 days ago but wasnt sure how to do it.
something like:

$current_date = date("Y-m-d") - [seven days];

also, i would like to expand this to get the date 3/6 months ago or a
year ago. any ideas? cheers

burnsy

$date = date ("Y-m-d", time () - (7*86400)); //Last week's time

Just change the 7 to 91 and 182 for the other two time periods. If you're
after an accurate 3/6 month period, you'd have to convert today's month into
a number, subtract 3 from it (or 6). If this month is then less than 1, add
12 to it and subtract 1 from the year. Stuff all this back in and you'll get
your date.

Paulus

[De.Snor]

On 7 Oct 2003 16:56:51 -0700, bi******@yahoo.co.uk (mr_burns) wrote:

hi,
i am wanting to get the date 7 days ago but wasnt sure how to do it.
something like:

$current_date = date("Y-m-d") - [seven days];

also, i would like to expand this to get the date 3/6 months ago or a
year ago. any ideas? cheers

http://www.php.net/manual/nl/function.date.php

<?php
// 7 days ago
$date7daysago = date("Y-m-d", mktime (0, 0, 0, date("m"),
date("d") - 7, date("Y")));

// 3 months ago
$date3monthsago = date("Y-m-d", mktime (0, 0, 0, date("m") - 3,
date("d"), date("Y")));

// etcetera...

?>

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Greetz,
De Snor