It is easy, yes. PHP pseudocode is:

<?php
$today = date('y/m/d');
$sql = "select opentime, saleitem from tblsalesinfo where datetime > $today";
mysql_connect("helo","hi","hola");
$recordset = mysql_query($sql);
if (!$recordset) {
     die("Today our database is browk.");
} else {
     $opentime = $recordset[0];
     echo "Today we open at $recordset[0], and our sale item is: $recordset[1]";
}
?>

Your MySQL database will be equally concise.
(Each record contains: recordid, datetime, opentime, saleitem).

See the first example at this location, for code that will actually work.
Modify it to suit your needs:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-row.php

-Jared

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Seth Dimbert wrote:
> LUGNuts,
> 
> I'm not a programmer.
> 
> But it seems to me that it would be pretty easy to write a small Perl or php
> program to do what I want it to do.
> 
> All I want is to have a small script that looks into a simple database
> (could be flat-file) and looks up information based upon the current time
> and date, then displays that information.
> 
> Let me offer an example, because my actual need is too complicated to
> explain.
> 
> Let's say that visitors to my website want to know what time my store is
> open, and what the "Sale Item of the Day" is. So, the database would look
> like this:
> 
> Date Range       Time        Sale Item
> ---------------------------------------
> 01/01 - 01/07    8:00 am     Apples
> 01/08 - 01/14    7:00 am     Oranges
> 01/15 - 01/21    4:00 pm     Watermelon
> Etc...
> 
> Is that clear? On January 3, when the page loads, the script runs and
> returns: "This week, we open at 8:00 am and Apples are on sale." On January
> 8, the page would change to, "This week, we open at 7:00 am and Oranges are
> on sale."
> 
> I need the script to check the current (server) time and date against the
> date range in the database every time it's called... Every time the page is
> called.
> 
> Is that hard? As a non-programmer, it doesn't seem hard to me! :)
> 
> Can anyone point me at a canned solution or help me create one?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -SD