Laravel Convert seconds into days hours and minutes

Question

I have to implement some functionality using time calculation and my app has following type of code.

    date_default_timezone_set(auth()->user()->timezone);
                                        
        $t_now = \Carbon\Carbon::parse(date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
                                        
$t_allowed = \Carbon\Carbon::parse($shift_details->start_time) ;
                                        
 @endphp
    
 @php
$check = $t_allowed->diffForHumans($t_now);
                                       
  $search = 'after';
 $dff_min = $t_allowed->diffInSeconds($t_now, true);
                                        
 $init = $dff_min;
 $day = floor($init / 86400);
 $hours = floor(($init - $day * 86400) / 3600);
 $minutes = floor(($init / 60) % 60);
 $seconds = $init % 60;
   $late_not_late = $hours . ' hours ' . $minutes . ' minutes ' . $seconds . ' seconds ';

first i want to confirm that $dff_min = $t_allowed->diffInSeconds($t_now, true); is returning minutes or seconds? Acording to my knowledge $dff_min contain seconds i know that hours could be calculate using (init /3600) but what is the meaning of following statement

$hours = floor(($init - $day * 86400) / 3600);

why developer subtracting $day * 86400 from $init?

similary we also can calculate seconds by $init/60 since in one minute there are 60 seconds but what is meaning of following line

$minutes = floor(($init / 60) % 60);

and also why he is using Modulo here

$seconds = $init % 60;

there is in-built function in Laravel `CarbonInterval`, please [check](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46212433/3584881) — Bhaumik Pandhi, Jul 01 '22 at 04:46
can you explain what and why is happening in the $hours = floor(($init - $day * 86400) / 3600); ??? — hassan khan, Jul 01 '22 at 05:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '22 at 09:21

\Carbon\Carbon::parse(date('Y-m-d H:i:s')) will call twice the timelib and will loose the microseconds, just do \Carbon\Carbon::now() and you don't need to reinvent the wheel, you can get this exact string with:

$t_now = \Carbon\Carbon::now();
$t_allowed = \Carbon\Carbon::parse($shift_details->start_time);

$late_not_late = $t_allowed->diffForHumans($t_now, ['parts' => 3, 'syntax' => CarbonInterface::DIFF_ABSOLUTE]);

$late_not_late will contain 2 days 9 hours 20 minutes

Laravel Convert seconds into days hours and minutes

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