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How do I take a datetime type mysql and calculate how many days old it is?

Example:

$res = mysql_query("SELECT date FROM groups WHERE ID = {$arr['groupID']}");
$date = mysql_result($res2,0,0);

//here I want to calculate how many days old $date is

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I figured it out.

My code:
[quote]                //age calculation
                $date1 = strtotime($date);
                $datenow = time();
                $diff = $datenow - $date1;
                $diff /= 86400;
             
                //if age is less than 1 day output in hours else output in days
                if($diff < 1)
                {
                        $diff *= 24;
                        $age = round($diff,1);
                        echo "<td width=\"85%\">".$age." hour(s)";
                }else{
                        $age = round($diff,1);
                        echo "<td width=\"85%\">".$age." day(s)";
             
                } [/quote]
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