How to find difference between two times?

Question

I am using the following code for finding the time difference but it gives me wrong time difference. I followed following links this and this but the difference is wrong.

$diff = date_diff(date_create(date("Y-m-d h:i A", $this->start_time)), date_create(date("Y-m-d h:i A")));
echo '<span style = "color: #739e3b">'.$diff->d.' Day(s) : '.$diff->h.' Hr(s) : '.$diff->i.' Min(s)</span>';

Can you specify why you think the difference is wrong? What you expect to get and what you currently get? — mleko, Sep 25 '18 at 13:47
I am testing it by comparing remaining time with a time difference calculator — Bilal Saqib, Sep 25 '18 at 13:54
How I and others can check if our answer provides proper difference? — mleko, Sep 25 '18 at 14:01

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '18 at 13:47

Procedural:

<?php
$datetime1 = date_create('2009-10-11');
$datetime2 = date_create('2009-10-13');
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days');
?>

This is the OOP way:

<?php
$datetime1 = new DateTime('2009-10-11');
$datetime2 = new DateTime('2009-10-13');
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days');
?>

Here's the documentation: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php And here's a great library to make your life easier: https://carbon.nesbot.com

Timezones may be tricky: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51982412/php-diff-gives-incorrect-values-where-date1-2016-03-01 — rob006, Sep 25 '18 at 16:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '18 at 13:45

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$start = date_create('2015-01-26 12:01:00');
$end = date_create('2015-01-26 13:15:00');
$diff=date_diff($end,$start);
print_r($diff);

answered Sep 25 '18 at 13:45

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