PHP get time before 5 minutes?

[godsent]

To get current date and time I use:

 

$date = date("d-M-Y h:i:s");

 

But how can I get date and time which was before 5 minutes.

 

[trq]

before 5 minutes? That makes NO sense.

[godsent]

For example if now is:

 

03-Jan-2011 10:33:56

 

The script would show:

 

03-Jan-2011 10:28:56

[jamesxg1]

$minutes = date('i') - 5;
$before = date("d-M-Y h:") . $minutes . date(":s");

 

James.

[trq]

That would be  '5 minutes prior to' not 'before 5 minutes'.

 

$date = date("d-M-Y h:i:s", strtotime('-5 minutes'));

 

 

[charles07]

thanks buddy, your answer worked like a charm, thanks for your help.