PHP Check if current time is before specified time

Question

I need to check in PHP if the current time is before 2pm that day.

I've done this with strtotime on dates before, however this time it's with a time only, so obviously at 0.00 each day the time will reset, and the boolean will reset from false to true.

if (current_time < 2pm) {    // do this } 

Answer 1

if (date('H') < 14) {    $pre2pm = true; } 

For more information about the date function please see the PHP manual. I have used the following time formatter:

H = 24-hour format of an hour (00 to 23)

Answer 2

Try:

if(date("Hi") < "1400") { } 

See: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

H   24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros    00 through 23 i   Minutes with leading zeros                      00 to 59