Generate date string in PHP

Question

Is there a way to generate all date strings between two timestamps? For example, I have a earliest timestamp and a lastest timestamp of 1303887600(2011-04-27T00:00:00-07:00), 1325318400(2011-12-31T00:00:00-08:00), so I want from 2011-04-27 to 2011-12-31.

If using a for loop to convert timestamp to date, there is a switch between daylight saving time.

possible duplicate of [PHP: Return all dates between two dates in an array](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312439/php-return-all-dates-between-two-dates-in-an-array) — JJJ, Jan 10 '12 at 18:21
possible duplicate of [PHP - Is there a simple way to loop between two dates and fill in missing values?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8755650/php-is-there-a-simple-way-to-loop-between-two-dates-and-fill-in-missing-values) — Mark Baker, Jan 10 '12 at 19:23

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 18:25

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Try something like this

$temp_date = $start_date;
While($temp_date <= $end_date)
{
    print date("d-m-Y", strtotime($temp_date))
    $temp_date = $temp_date + 1 day;
}

answered Jan 10 '12 at 18:25

Joshua Kissoon

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '12 at 18:30

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for($i=1303887600;$i<=1325318400;$i++) echo date(DATE_ATOM,$i) . "<br />";

answered Jan 10 '12 at 18:30

j08691

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Mark Baker · Answer 3 · 2012-01-10T19:40:49.173

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$startDate = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y/m/d","2010/12/24",new DateTimeZone("Europe/London")); 
$endDate = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y/m/d","2012/01/05",new DateTimeZone("Europe/London")); 

$periodInterval = new DateInterval( "P1D" ); // 1-day, though can be more sophisticated rule 
$endDate->add( $periodInterval );
$period = new DatePeriod( $startDate, $periodInterval, $endDate ); 

foreach($period as $date){ 
   echo $date->format("Y-m-d") , PHP_EOL; 
}

edited Jan 10 '12 at 19:40

answered Jan 10 '12 at 19:24

Mark Baker

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Markdown why? Have I misunderstood the question? – Mark Baker Jan 10 '12 at 19:38

Generate date string in PHP

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