Is there a PHP function I can use to do something like the following:
- Get the date 6 months ago (e.g. now - 6 months)?
- Get the date 2 years from now (e.g. now + 2 years)?
Is there a PHP function I can use to do something like the following:
Yes, there is: strtotime():
strtotime("-6 months");
strtotime("+2 years");
These will return Unix timestamps. So you might want to put the result into date()
or localtime()
or gmtime()
.
Please do not try to subtract 6 months or add 2 years of seconds to time()
. This does not take into account things like daylight saving or leap seconds and still gives you a value in seconds which is unlikely to be the precision you need. Let the library functions do it.