note 81874 deleted from function.abs by ezyang

Note Submitter: Dave Schlaegel Reason: useless ---- Here is an easy MySQL way of getting the difference in dates. For me it is more logical to do this on the select than running it though an additional php function after selecting the date. But depends on what your doing of course. I hope it helps. SELECT ABS(DATEDIFF(NOW(),your_date_field)) as days_ago