Re: date calculations
| From: | DL Neil | Date: | Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:01:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: date calculations | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Yow Sven,
> I need to calculate the Time ( days hour minutes between 2 times )
> I have something but I have an error margine of 10 % and that is to
high
>
> Time one 2002/02/24 10:23:43
> Time two 2002/02/02 12:43:12
>
> this need to give me the correct time in days hours and minutes
between the
> 2 dates
The broad answer would be to convert the values to (UNIX epoch)
timestamps, do the calculation, and then convert back to your preferred
presentation format.
Where do the dates come from - a database?
Are they ISO format dates? (in which case the separator should be - not
/)
It can be done!
=dn