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    <p>I'm trying many approaches but then I get stuck half way.</p> <p>Let's say order was created today. I need to display when the next recurring order will happen. So I have order created June 13, 2012. Then I have set the schedule to bimonthly recurring order, every 1st of month. How to calculate when the next recurring order will happen? The answer is August 1st.</p> <p>If someone can outline an approach it would be very useful, it doesn't have to be code. This is what I have so far...</p> <pre><code> // first, get starting date $start_date_month = date('m', strtotime($start_date)); // get this year $this_year = date('Y'); // if this month is december, next month is january $this_month = date('m', $timestamp_month); if($this_month == 12){ $next_month = 1; // if this month is not december add 1 to get next month }else{ $next_month = $this_month + 1; } // get array of months where recurring orders will happen $months = array(); for ($i=1; $i&lt;=6; $i++) { $add_month = $start_date_month+(2*$i); // 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 if($add_month == 13){$add_month = 1;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 14){$add_month = 2;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 15){$add_month = 3;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 16){$add_month = 4;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 17){$add_month = 5;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 18){$add_month = 6;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 19){$add_month = 7;$year = $this_year+1;} elseif($add_month == 20){$add_month = 8;$year = $this_year+1;} else{$year = $this_year;} echo $what_day.'-'.$add_month.'-'.$year.'&lt;br /&gt;'; $months[] = $add_month; } echo '&lt;pre&gt;'; print_r($months); echo '&lt;/pre&gt;'; </code></pre> <p><strong>I don't want to simply find what's the date in two months from now. Let's say order created June 1. Next recurring order is August 1. Then let's say now, today is September 1st, but next recurring order is October 1st. See my dilemma?</strong></p>
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    1. CODo you want **only** the next recurring date from today, or all of the recurring dates from the creation up to and including the next one from today?
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    2. COI don't see your dilemma. Why does September 1st matter? How does it relate to the recurring order problem?
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    3. COBecause if order was created today June 13 is easy to come up with the next recurring order. It's also easy to come up with an array of all next 6 recurring orders. Now, if today would be September 1st, how do you calculate the next recurring order? All that needs to be calculated is ONE date, just the next recurring order.
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