On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 23:08:17 -0400, Jason Garber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello George,
> 
>   Because they both operate on an integer timestamp...
> 
>   two things:
>     SELECT CURDATE() + INTERVAL 7 MONTH;
>     echo strtotime("7/12/1900");
>
>   Timestamps are fine for things that are happening within a very limited
>   range of dates.  How do you add a given number of months to a date?
>   how do you get the day of week for a given date?  These are the
>   types of functions that I am thinking of.
> 

echo strtotime("now +7 months");
echo date('l', strtotime('2004-10-02')); || echo strftime('%A',
strtotime('2004-10-02')); (latter supports locales)

http://php.net/strtotime
http://php.net/strftime
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_chapter/tar_7.html

-bok

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