PHP Math Exercises: Find earliest and latest dates from a list of dates

PHP math: Exercise-7 with Solution

Find earliest and latest dates from a list of dates.

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Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
$dates = array('2015-02-01', '2015-02-02', '2015-02-03');
echo "Latest Date: ". max($dates)."\n";
echo "Earliest Date: ". min($dates)."\n";
?>

Sample Output:

Latest Date: 2015-02-03                                     
Earliest Date: 2015-02-01

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