Posted by jferree on 10/03/06 11:38

Norman Peelman wrote:
> <jferree@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159828613.659706.301710@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > If given a date such as
> >
> > 12-05-2005
> >
> > How can I find the closest Friday which would be
> > 12-02-2005
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
> $timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);
> $lastFriday = date("m-d-Y",strtotime("last Friday",$timestamp));
>
> Norm
> www.php.net

Thanks Norm,
I had tried the second line but could not get it to work because I did
not have a properly formatted date.

That was easy! :)

Jim

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