Difference between two timestamp variable in php [duplicate] - php

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I have two timestamps let us say
$end_date = 2014-09-09 15:03:10 and now date
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
I want to calculate number of days remaining .Suppose if that particular date crosses now date and it should display remaining days with -ve value.
I am using the following code
$remaining_days =strtotime($end_date) - strtotime($now) ;
$Result_days = floor($remaining_days /86400);
echo $remaining_days.' '.$Result_days.'<br/>'
Problem is that if the end date = today's date it is displaying -1 . I want to calculate based on time and display remaining days and hours.
Please help me to find out the solution.

Answer 1

Try this:
<?php
$end_date = "2014-10-09 15:03:10";
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$diff = strtotime($now) - strtotime($end_date);
$fullDays = floor($diff/(60*60*24));
$fullHours = floor(($diff-($fullDays*60*60*24))/(60*60));
$fullMinutes = floor(($diff-($fullDays*60*60*24)-($fullHours*60*60))/60);
echo "Difference is $fullDays days, $fullHours hours and $fullMinutes minutes.";
Output:
Difference is -30 days, 0 hours and 39 minutes.
Demo:
http://3v4l.org/3auqe
Edit (using DATE OBJECT):
<?php
// Example 1
$end_date = "2014-09-11 20:35:10";
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$date1=date_create($now);
$date2=date_create($end_date);
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2,FALSE);
echo $diff->format("%R%d days, %h hours, %m minutes, %s seconds").PHP_EOL;
//Output:
+2 days, 3 hours, 0 minutes, 44 seconds
// Example 2
$end_date = "2014-09-08 20:35:10";
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$date1=date_create($now);
$date2=date_create($end_date);
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2,FALSE);
echo $diff->format("%R%d days, %h hours, %m minutes, %s seconds").PHP_EOL;
//Output:
-0 days, 20 hours, 0 minutes, 16 seconds
Demo:
http://3v4l.org/dPSgX#vhhvm-320

Answer 2

you can use date_diff php method .you can see example here http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php

Answer 3

You may try like this:
<?php
$dateDiff = $date1 - $date2;
$fullDays = floor($dateDiff/(60*60*24));
$fullHours = floor(($dateDiff-($fullDays*60*60*24))/(60*60));
$fullMinutes = floor(($dateDiff-($fullDays*60*60*24)-($fullHours*60*60))/60);
echo "Differernce is $fullDays days, $fullHours hours and $fullMinutes minutes.";
?>
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$date1 = new DateTime("2014-09-09");
$date2 = new DateTime("2014-09-12");
$interval = $date1->diff($date2);
echo "difference " . $interval->y . " years, " . $interval->m." months, ".$interval->d." days ";
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