title: Check if month is greater than today's month
body: <p>I am using <code>PHP 7.1.8</code> and I would like to check if the given month is greater than today's month:</p>
  
  <p>Find below my minimum viable example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  $releaseDate =  date('m/d/Y', strtotime("01/11/2018")); // November, 1st 2018
  
  echo date("m/Y") . "\n \n";
  if($releaseDate &lt;= date("d/Y")) {
      echo "Today is SMALLER than : " . $releaseDate;
  } else {
      echo "Today is GREATER than : " . $releaseDate;
  }
  
  echo "\n";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For example, for the date <code>01/11/2018</code> it should be <code>GREATER</code> than today and <code>27/06/2018</code> it should be <code>SMALLER</code> than today.</p>
  
  <p>I am guessing that I do not parse the date correctly with <code>'m/d/Y'</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions from your side what I am doing wrong?</p>