Php Date Time Comparisons

dateTimeCheck

// Set Expiration DateTime
$expiresDate = new DateTime( $data['expires'], new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' ) );

// Set Current DateTime
$now = new DateTime('now',  new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' ));

// If needed determine difference
$dateDiff = $expiresDate->diff( $now );

// Print out for testing
echo "======================================================\n";
echo "Expiration DateTime = ".$expiresDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')."\n";
echo "Current DateTime = ".$now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')."\n";
echo "The difference is ---"
echo "Years: {$dateDiff->y }\n";
echo "Months: {$dateDiff->m }\n";
echo "Days: {$dateDiff->d }\n";
echo "Hours: {$dateDiff->h }\n";
echo "Mins: {$dateDiff->i }\n";
echo "Secs: {$dateDiff->s }\n";
echo $dateDiff->format("%Y years, %m months, %d days,  %H hours, %i minutes, %s seconds") . "\n";
echo "Check which date is greater ---\n";
// Will print out 1 if true
echo "Expiration is greater than now = ".( $expiresDate > $now )."\n";
echo "Expiration is less than now = ".( $expiresDate < $now )."\n";
echo "======================================================\n";

// Conditional if current time is great than expiration
if( $expiresDate < $now ){
  // Do stuff
}
else {
  // Do other stuff if current time is less than expiration
}