Re: date time problem

Its so freaky Best Regards Farzan Dalaee > On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:29, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote: > >> On 10/6/2013 6:49 PM, Farzan Dalaee wrote: >> Try this please >> >> gmdate("H:i:s", $diff%86400) >> >> Best Regards >> Farzan Dalaee >> >>>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:12, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 10/6/2013 6:36 PM, Farzan Dalaee wrote: >>>> You should use gmdate() if you want to how many hours left to expire >>>> $time_left = gmdate("H:i:s",$diff); >>>> >>>> Best Regards >>>> Farzan Dalaee >>>> >>>>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 1:49, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I always hate dealing with date/time stuff in php - never get it even close >>>>> until an hour or two goes by.... >>>>> >>>>> anyway >>>>> >>>>> I have this: >>>>> >>>>> // get two timestamp values >>>>> $exp_time = $_COOKIE[$applid."expire"]; >>>>> $curr_time = time(); >>>>> // get the difference >>>>> $diff = $exp_time - $curr_time; >>>>> // produce a display time of the diff >>>>> $time_left = date("h:i:s",$diff); >>>>> >>>>> Currently the results are: >>>>> exp_time is 06:55:07 >>>>> curr_time is 06:12:03 >>>>> the diff is 2584 >>>>> All of these are correct. >>>>> >>>>> BUT time_left is 07:43:04 when it should be only "00:43:04". >>>>> >>>>> So - where is the hour value of '07' coming from?? And how do I get >>>>> this right? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit: >>>>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> Thanks for the quick response, but why do I want to show the time in GMT? However, I >>> did try it, changing the 'time_left' calc to use "gmdate". Now instead of a 7 >>> for hours I have a 12. >>> >>> exp 07:34:52 >>> curr 06:40:14 >>> diff 3158 >>> left is 12:52:38 >>> >>> The 52:38 is the correct value, but not the 12. >>> >>> -- >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Doesn't work either. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >