Matching Dates

[eluser]james182[/eluser]
Could i get some help with matching dates?

i am trying to count matching dates 2012-04-04 to 2012-04-04 17:00:00
helper

Code:

if (!function_exists('event_counter'))
{
function event_counter($year, $month, $day)
{
  $dated = $year .'-'. $month .'-'. $day;
  $date_is = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($dated));

  $counted_events = ci()->calendar_m->count_date_events($date_is);

  return print_r($counted_events);
}

}

model

Code:

function count_date_events($date_is)
    {
  
  return  $this->db
      ->select("DATE_FORMAT(`event_date_begin`,'%Y-%m-%d') AS event_date_begin", FALSE)
            ->where('event_date_begin', $date_is)
      ->from('eventcal')
                  ->count_all_results();
    }