[futureal]

Originally posted by Jakeman

I tried that. You can't compare strings like that.

2002-12-15 >= 2002-12-18 doesn't work.

This should work in MySQL... or at least, it has worked in scripts I have written in the past. If a MySQL field is of the DATE type, the software knows how to compare one date to another.

However, there is another, slightly cleaner option, now that I think about it. Try this:

PHP Code:

SELECT whatever FROM table WHERE UNIX_TIMESTAMP() >= UNIX_TIMESTAMP(date_field); 


Give that a shot and let me know if it works.

Note that the UNIX_TIMESTAMP() function returns the current timestamp when called with no argument.