how to get difference between two date

Question

hey i want to get difference between two dates like

date1= 2014-03-3 
date2= 2014-03-4

when i sub this two date like date2-date1 then it should give us 2

ie. i just want to add new day after 12 am at night..how is it possible using php function?

I tried some code like

<?php $date1=date_create("2013-03-15");
$date2=date_create("2013-12-12"); 
$diff=date_diff($date1,$date2); ?>

but it does not work

please help

try to use the datetime object instead of date only ... check the following link http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php — Leo Bali, Mar 03 '14 at 08:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 08:57

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Try

$datetime1 = new DateTime('2014-03-3');
$datetime2 = new DateTime('2014-03-4');
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
$dayCount = $interval->format('%a');
echo $dayCount;

See demo here

answered Mar 03 '14 at 08:57

Nouphal.M

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 08:57

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If you are interested just in numeric value you can do:

$diff = strtotime($date2) - strtotime($date1);

answered Mar 03 '14 at 08:57

Rafał Wrzeszcz

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 09:07

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This could help you

   $date1 = new DateTime("2013-03-15");
   $date2 = new DateTime("2013-12-12");
   $interval = $date1->diff($date2);
   echo "difference " . $interval->y . " years, " . $interval->m." months, ".$interval->d." days ";

answered Mar 03 '14 at 09:07

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my question is when a day cover 12 at night then it adds 1 day with it – Brett Mar 03 '14 at 09:25

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 03 '14 at 09:29

Check this if it helps you

$datetime1 = strtotime('2014-03-3');
$datetime2 = strtotime('2014-03-4');
$timeDiff = $datetime2-$datetime1;
$dayCount=floor($timeDiff/(60*60*24)); //calculate day count.
echo $dayCount;

it will give you count 1, and if you provide the date with time then also it will work.

how to get difference between two date

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