How to check if a date is in a given range of day+month?

gistfile1.php

$date = "20".sprintf('%02d',rand(0,22))."-".sprintf('%02d',rand(1,12))."-".sprintf('%02d',rand(1,29));

$start = sprintf('%02d',rand(1,12))."-".sprintf('%02d',rand(1,29));
$end = sprintf('%02d',rand(1,12))."-".sprintf('%02d',rand(1,29));

echo "Is ".$date." between ".$start." and ".$end."? ";


if("2000".$start < "2000".$end) {
	$year = date('Y',strtotime($date));
	if(strtotime($year."-".$start) <= strtotime($date) AND strtotime($date) <= strtotime($year."-".$end)) echo "yes";
	else echo "no";
} else {
	$year = date('Y',strtotime($date));
	if(strtotime($year."-".$start) > strtotime($date) AND strtotime($date) > strtotime($year."-".$end)) echo "no";
	else echo "yes";
}