date difference in months and days .... =)

Thanks for your help ... i have another question ....i'm just new with php programming and i have this problem that you could probably help me ... what will i do to get the exact month difference between two dates ... for example ... date(currentdate) - date(hiredate) = diff in no of months and days ... thanks in advance ... ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Speidel <bill@energsys.com> To: <eper@tridel.net> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 10:30 AM Subject: Access to MySQL > hi, > > i have performed this recently without going through the hassle > of using ODBC where you have to install MyODBC and get it to > work... > > 1.Open your table in Access > 2. Click File then Export > 3. Export as text file *.txt, *.cvs etc. > 4. Use Tab delimiters and no text qualifier > 5. Use the LoadData feature of MySQL to load the tab > delimited file you created... > > if you don't know how to run MySQL's loaddata feature try the > www.mysql.com website or get the MySQL book by Paul DuBois, > which is loaded with lots of stuff you need to know... > > hope this helps... > > ~bill~ > >