PHP Date Compare

php_date_compare.php

<?php
$dt = strtotime("2017-01-09 08:59:35");
$format = 'Y-m-d'; // format 'j/n/Y' gives wrong output if used for comparing two dates ('Y-m-d' is working)
$date_limit = date($format, strtotime('+0 months', $dt));
$dt_now = date($format);

if($date_limit > $dt_now) {
	echo $date_limit . " is greater than " . $dt_now;
} else {
	echo $date_limit . " is less than " . $dt_now;
}

echo "\n".date('j/n/Y', strtotime($date_limit));