Originally posted by phpman

what is $comic['released'] - the value of it?
It was supposed to be $comic['release'] I make dumbass mistakes like this all the time, and it takes me hours to figure it out.

So this is the code I'm using now:

Code:
if (strtotime($comic["release"]) <= strtotime("now")) {
    $date = "Now!";
} else {
    $date = date('F jS, Y', strtotime($comic['release'])) . ".";
}
*sighs* Thanks for all your help.