conerting date('d-m-Y H:i in php to ago

Question

I have a code

echo date('d-m-Y H:i', strtotime($posts_row['post_date'])) . '</td></tr>';

The result:

23-10-2013 16:28

Is there a way to change into like:

Posted 12 minutes ago

or / &

Just Posted

Whats the easiest way of doing this?

How about subtracting current time with the "post date"? Try ! — Raptor, Oct 24 '13 at 03:18
I'm a php noob... Please help. I can subtract numbers but when it comes to time.... i won't get it — , Oct 24 '13 at 03:19
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1416697/converting-timestamp-to-time-ago-in-php-e-g-1-day-ago-2-days-ago/18602474#18602474 — Dipesh Parmar, Oct 24 '13 at 03:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 03:33

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To fetch the difference of seconds between current time and posted time:

$number_of_seconds = strtotime("now") - strtotime($posts_row['post_date']);

Then, you can apply your logic to display how many seconds ago, just now, etc.

answered Oct 24 '13 at 03:33

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N20084753 · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-24T17:49:45.863

strtotime will help you to convert the date and make operations over it.

function elapsedTimeAgo ($newTime) {

$timeCalc = time() – strtotime($newTime);
$elapsedTimeText = "";

if ($timeCalc > (60*60*24)) {
    $elapsedTimeText = round($timeCalc/60/60/24) . "days ago";
} else if ($timeCalc > (60*60)) {
    $elapsedTimeText = round($timeCalc/60/60) . "hours ago";
} else if ($timeCalc > 60) {
    $elapsedTimeText = round($timeCalc/60) .  "minutes ago";
} else if ($timeCalc > 0) {
    $elapsedTimeText .=  "seconds ago";
} else {
    $elapsedTimeText .=  "Just Posted";
} 
return $elapsedTimeText;
}

echo elapsedTimeAgo($posts_row['post_date']);

conerting date('d-m-Y H:i in php to ago

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