Calculating times

[Tandem]

*please skip to my latest reply*

Ok, i'm tryin to calculate the difference between two times. One is a small distance into the future and is in the format(0000-00-00 00:00:00). Lets call this x.

The other is the current time, lets call this y.

I want to calculate how long it will be until y = x.

How should i go about doing this?

If you need more info just ask.

[tomfmason]

check out the [url=http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php]time[/url] function. This should point you in the right direction

or here is an example straight out of the [url=http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php]manual[/url]

[code=php:0]<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
                  // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
echo 'Now:      '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
?> [/code]

[Tandem]

How do i subtract the date from a variable date using single quotes?

Both are in the same format, i just don't know the syntax of single quotes and periods very well and am not sure how to use it in this situation.

e.g echo 'today '. $time2 .' - '. date('Y-m-d H:i:s') ."\n";

What should i change this to to make it actually calcualte the answer?

[corbin]

$time3 = $time2 - date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

[Tandem]

I'm getting kinda confused here. Check this out.


$time5 = "2006-07-27 05:05:51";
$time4= date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$time = $time5 - $time4;
echo "$time";

The output i'm getting is: 0
Just a zero by itself!
How come?

[Tandem]

bump

[corbin]

lets say its currently 2006-7-56 11:30:50...

how can (2006-07-27 05:05:51) - (2006-7-56 11:30:50) be solved?  Thats your problem.

[vinny_bc]

Try

[code=php:0]strtotime($time5) - strtotime($time4)[/code]

This will give you the number of seconds difference between the two times.

Then it's up to you to calculate the number of mins, hours, days, or whatever you are looking for.

[Tandem]

Is there anyway i can format it so i can use it so i can display for example 2m 30s rather than 150s?

[vinny_bc]

Have a look at PHP's date() or strftime() functions.

[sanfly]

Without seeing all your calculations, this is the best I can do....

Something along these lines should work

[code]$mins = $totalSec / 60;
$leftoverSec = $totalSec - ($mins * 60);

echo "$mins m $leftoverSec s";[/code]

[Tandem]

I managed to format it with the date function. Thanks for all the help and replies!