how can I tell when it is 2am EST tomorrow?

[halfasleeps]

I need to put something on a page and then make it disappear tomorrow morning at 2am EST...How can I do this? I think I need to compare something with the date() function but not sure exactly how to do it...and since I can't really test to see if it works until its too late...I thought maybe someone could help me out?

Thanks!!

[crowden]

Hi,

You can use mktime() to generate a timestamp for whatever date and time you want.

Then use that to compare with

strtotime('now'); 

.

[halfasleeps]

This is what I am thinking:

$year = date('Y');
$month = date('m');
$day = date('d');
$hour = date('G');
if($year == 2009 && $month < 3 && $day < 28 && $hour < 2)
{
    $show_promo = true;
} 

[halfasleeps]

Hi,

You can use mktime() to generate a timestamp for whatever date and time you want.

Then use that to compare with

strtotime('now'); 

.

Thanks so like this:

if(mktime(2,0,0,1,27,2009) < strtotime('now'))
            {
                $show_promo = true;
            } 

[Jake Arkinstall]

or, simpler:

$show_promo = (time() < strtotime('2am 2009-02-27')); 

[halfasleeps]

or, simpler:

$show_promo = (time() < strtotime('2am 2009-02-27')); 

Very elegant, thank you!