# Date must be greater than

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-must-be-greater-than/210287>\
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**Created:** [December 17, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-must-be-greater-than/210287 "2006-12-17T09:13:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-must-be-greater-than/210287/1 "2006-12-17T09:13:44Z")

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Hi,  
I’m having a little on how to get PHP to check if the date is greater than something. I am storing my date as DateTime in mysql and I want the PHP to start a function if the **current** datetime is 240 hrs (10 days) greater than the one stored in my db. How should I go about doing this? Should I change the format on how I store my date? I’ve googled about it and can find little info about it.  
Thanks