$todayDateUnix = strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));


/*If the user is looking at the page and leaves the year at the current year, there will be no yxxx table yet, so
            the $yearTab should be set to an empty string. This will make it so the current tables will be used instead
            of the yxxx tables. */
        
        
        if(!($todayDateUnix >= $startingDate && $todayDateUnix <= $endingDate)){
            $yearTab = 'y20' . $year . '_';
            echo 'yes' . $yearTab;
        }
        else{
            $yearTab = '';
            echo 'yearTab line 235 ' . $yearTab ;
        }

echo 'startingDate ' . $startingDateFormat . '<br>';
        echo $endingDateFormat . '<br>';
        echo 'startingDate unix ' . $startingDate . '<br>';
        echo 'endingDate unix ' . $endingDate . '<br>';
        echo strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));