Comments on: How do I show the difference between two dates and times in php? http://www.codebrothers.org/how-do-i-show-the-difference-between-two-dates-and-times-in-php/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: my_screen_name http://www.codebrothers.org/how-do-i-show-the-difference-between-two-dates-and-times-in-php/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 my_screen_name Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:30 +0000 http://www.codebrothers.org/how-do-i-show-the-difference-between-two-dates-and-times-in-php/#comment-2137 there is no out of the box solution as your question is very specific, here is an idea. use strtotime or mktime to convert your date time to a unix timestamp. once you have two unix time stamps you can get the difference in seconds. so $diff < 60 // difference is less than a minute $diff < (60 * 60) // diff less than one hour $diff < (60 * 60 * 24) // diff less than a day after that you need mathematics to convert your seconds of difference in to readable hour minute format. there is no out of the box solution as your question is very specific, here is an idea.

use strtotime or mktime to convert your date time to a unix timestamp. once you have two unix time stamps you can get the difference in seconds.

so

$diff < 60 // difference is less than a minute

$diff < (60 * 60) // diff less than one hour

$diff < (60 * 60 * 24) // diff less than a day

after that you need mathematics to convert your seconds of difference in to readable hour minute format.

]]> By: Roland J http://www.codebrothers.org/how-do-i-show-the-difference-between-two-dates-and-times-in-php/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Roland J Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:30 +0000 http://www.codebrothers.org/how-do-i-show-the-difference-between-two-dates-and-times-in-php/#comment-2138 Look up date functions on http://www.php.net RJ Look up date functions on http://www.php.net

RJ

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