Difference between time() and.....

[philipeddies]

Hi,

I am having trouble displaying the difference between the current time and another time ie 1149580156

I want to display in this format

5 days 15hours 10mins 15seconds

and I would like to like to use strftime if possible.

any ideas?

Thanks
Phil [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /]

[obsidian]

[!--quoteo(post=380917:date=Jun 7 2006, 04:12 AM:name=Bf2mad)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Bf2mad @ Jun 7 2006, 04:12 AM) [snapback]380917[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
Hi,

I am having trouble displaying the difference between the current time and another time ie 1149580156

I want to display in this format

5 days 15hours 10mins 15seconds

and I would like to like to use strftime if possible.

any ideas?

Thanks
Phil [img src=\"style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /]
[/quote]

strftime() only will let you format an actual timestamp, not the difference between two. you will have to do such calculations manually. a function like this may help you out:
[code]
function getTimeDiff($ts1, $ts2) {
  $diff = abs($ts1 - $ts2);

  $sec = 1;
  $min = $sec * 60;
  $hour = $min * 60;
  $day = $hour * 24;

  $dayDiff = floor($diff / $day);
  $diff = $diff % $day;
  $hourDiff = floor($diff / $hour);
  $diff = $diff % $hour;
  $minDiff = floor($diff / $min);
  $secDiff = $diff % $min;
  
  return "$dayDiff days $hourDiff hours $minDiff mins $secDiff seconds";
}

echo getTimeDiff(time(), mktime(0,0,0,12,2,2005));
[/code]

hope this helps.

[philipeddies]

[!--quoteo(post=380963:date=Jun 7 2006, 01:12 PM:name=obsidian)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(obsidian @ Jun 7 2006, 01:12 PM) [snapback]380963[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
strftime() only will let you format an actual timestamp, not the difference between two. you will have to do such calculations manually. a function like this may help you out:
[code]
function getTimeDiff($ts1, $ts2) {
  $diff = abs($ts1 - $ts2);

  $sec = 1;
  $min = $sec * 60;
  $hour = $min * 60;
  $day = $hour * 24;

  $dayDiff = floor($diff / $day);
  $diff = $diff % $day;
  $hourDiff = floor($diff / $hour);
  $diff = $diff % $hour;
  $minDiff = floor($diff / $min);
  $secDiff = $diff % $min;
  
  return "$dayDiff days $hourDiff hours $minDiff mins $secDiff seconds";
}

echo getTimeDiff(time(), mktime(0,0,0,12,2,2005));
[/code]

hope this helps.
[/quote]

Perfect, works great!!!

Thanks again
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