如果数据库中的日期在当前日期之前[重复]

Basically what I'm trying to do is do an if command to check a date returned from database vs the current date (todays date or tomorrows date if i go on the page tomorrow)

I was thinking of something along the lines of

$date = "2013-11-10 20:28:41";   
if ($date < Curdate) 
{
    echo "expired";
}

if anyone can give me any insight on the correct commands for this, I would really appreciate it.

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$now = new DateTime(); // Now
$date = new DateTime('2013-11-10 20:28:41'); // From the DB
if ($date < $now) 
{
    echo "expired";
}

Reference: DateTime()

$dt = new DateTime($date);
$now = new DateTime();
if ($dt < $now) {
  echo "before";
}
else {
  echo "after";
}