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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2002-04-01</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2002-05-10</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001095276</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WHITNEY INFORMATION NETWORK INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RUSS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001218340</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WHITNEY RUSSELL A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>WHITNEY INFORMATION NETWORK, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1612 E. CAPE CORAL PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CAPE CORAL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>33904</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chairman of the Board</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee stock options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.81</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2002-04-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2002-04-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-03-31</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Spouse</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee stock options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.81</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2002-04-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2002-04-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-03-31</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Daughter</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee stock options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.81</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2002-04-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F5"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2002-04-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-03-31</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Son</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The year in which the grant occurred was reported in the Original Form 4 as April 1, 2001.  The grant date was April 1, 2002.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The employee stock options were granted pursuant to the issuer's 1998 Stock Option Plan.  The vesting schedule therefor is as follows: 25% on grant date; an additional 25% after one year elapsed from grant date; an additional 25% after two years elapsed from grant date; and the final 25% after three years elapsed from grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The year in which the grant occurred was reported in the Original Form 4 as April 1, 2001.  The grant date was April 1, 2002.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The employee stock options were granted pursuant to the issuer's 1998 Stock Option Plan.  The vesting schedule therefor is as follows: 25% on grant date; an additional 25% after one year elapsed from grant date; an additional 25% after two years elapsed from grant date; and the final 25% after three years elapsed from grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The year in which the grant occurred was reported in the Original Form 4 as April 1, 2001.  The grant date was April 1, 2002.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The employee stock options were granted pursuant to the issuer's 1998 Stock Option Plan.  The vesting schedule therefor is as follows: 25% on grant date; an additional 25% after one year elapsed from grant date; an additional 25% after two years elapsed from grant date; and the final 25% after three years elapsed from grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 4/A amends a Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on May 10, 2002 (the &quot;Original Form 4&quot;), by amending the Transaction Dates of grants of: 75,000 employee stock options to the Reporting Person's spouse, Ingrid Whitney;15,000 employee stock options to the Reporting Person's daughter; and 1,000 employee stock options to the Reporting Person's son.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Russell A Whitney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-05-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
