Posted by Brian V Bonini on 11/27/05 16:10

On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 16:18, Shaun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Given a start day and month and end day and month (i.e. 01-01 to 31-03) how
> can one check if another set intersects these dates?


Convert each to epoch and test for > floor < ceiling, just a thought.

$a = array(mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, date('Y')), // floor
mktime(0, 0, 0, 4, 1, date('Y')), // ceiling
mktime(13, 45, 0, 3, 15, 2005) // random date
);

echo ($a[3] > $a[1] && $a[3] < $a[2]) ? "in range" : "out of range";

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