[FX.php List] Strange problem

[Bob Patin/Longterm Solutions]

I have a page that shows pulldown menus of dates for a registration  
app; it works fine in Safari, IE 7, and Firefox, but not IE 6.

When I put a static menu option into the code, it shows in IE6 just  
fine, but for some reason, IE 6 doesn't like my formula:

<select name="start_date" id="select2">
<?php
$start_date_time = strtotime($Date_StartRoomsAvailable);
$end_date_time = strtotime($Date_EndRoomsAvailable);
while ($start_date_time < $end_date_time){
	$start_date_short = date("m/d/Y",$start_date_time);
	$start_date_string = date("F d, Y",$start_date_time);
?>
	<option value="<?php echo $start_date_short; ?>" <?php if  
($start_date_short == $Date_Arrival){ ?>selected="selected" <?php } ? 
 >><?php echo $start_date_string; ?></option>
	<?php
	$start_date_time = $start_date_time + 86400;
}
?>
</select>

What I'm doing is this:

I take the start date and the end date; so long as the start date is  
less than the end date, I show it as a menu option; I add 86400 to it  
(it's translated into time so I can do math with it) each time thru  
the loop.

This works perfectly except in IE 6; shouldn't IE6 perform the same  
since the PHP gets done on the server and not in the browser?

Thanks,

Bob Patin
Longterm Solutions
bob at longtermsolutions.com
615-333-6858
http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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