comparing two dates

Ok so I have two dates for each entry, planned date and actual date. I want to compare these two and change text color of the actual date to red if it is later than the planned date.

What I have so far:

$crud->callback_column('actualstart',array($this,'_RedMarker'));

and

public function _RedMarker($value, $row)
	{
		if($row->actualstart>$row->plannedstart)
		{
			return '<span style="color:red"><span>'.$row->actualstart;
		}
		else
		{
			return $row->actualstart;
		}
	}

My problem is When I use the callback it seems to get the date in Y-m-d format, then tries to compare it planned date which is in d-m-Y format. Which obviously gives wrong results, and on top of that the date format on the table also changes to Y-m-d. (See attached)

How can I get the date in d-m-Y format or is there way to change grocery crud date format to Y-m-d (). If you have any other solutions im open to suggestions.

zaang

lcoulon