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