> How do I subtract the difference of months between two dates? > > For instance, if one date is 2003-12 and the other is 2002-08, I need to > know that there are 16 months between them. If one date is 2003-04 and the > other is 2003-01, I need to know that there are 3 months between them. How > can I do this?
One way... $date1 = "2003-12"; $date2 = "2002-08"; $d1 = explode('-',$date1); $d2 = explode('-',$date2); $diff = ($d1[0]*12+$d1[1]) - ($d2[0]*12+$d2[1]); ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php