note 86907 modified in function.date by danbrown
| From: | danbrown@php.net | Date: | Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:36:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 86907 modified in function.date by danbrown | ||
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<?php
// Function used to take two date strings, and returns an associative array
// with different formats for the difference between the dates.
// --------------------
// Variables:
// StartDateString (String - MM/DD/YYYY)
// EndDateString (String - MM/DD/YYYY)
// --------------------
// Example: $DateDiffAry = GetDateDifference('01/09/2008', '02/11/2009');
// print_r($DateDiffAry);
// --------------------
// Returns Something Like:
/*
Array
(
[YearsSince] => 1.0931506849315
[MonthsSince] => 13.117808219178
[DaysSince] => 399
[HoursSince] => 9576
[MinutesSince] => 574560
[SecondsSince] => 34473600
[NiceString] => 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days
[NiceString2] => Years: 1, Months: 1, Days: 2
)
*/
function GetDateDifference($StartDateString=NULL, $EndDateString=NULL) {
$ReturnArray = array();
$SDSplit = explode('/',$StartDateString);
$StartDate = mktime(0,0,0,$SDSplit[0],$SDSplit[1],$SDSplit[2]);
$EDSplit = explode('/',$EndDateString);
$EndDate = mktime(0,0,0,$EDSplit[0],$EDSplit[1],$EDSplit[2]);
$DateDifference = $EndDate-$StartDate;
$ReturnArray['YearsSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60/24/365;
$ReturnArray['MonthsSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60/24/365*12;
$ReturnArray['DaysSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60/24;
$ReturnArray['HoursSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60;
$ReturnArray['MinutesSince'] = $DateDifference/60;
$ReturnArray['SecondsSince'] = $DateDifference;
$y1 = date("Y", $StartDate);
$m1 = date("m", $StartDate);
$d1 = date("d", $StartDate);
$y2 = date("Y", $EndDate);
$m2 = date("m", $EndDate);
$d2 = date("d", $EndDate);
$diff = '';
$diff2 = '';
if (($EndDate - $StartDate)<=0) {
// Start date is before or equal to end date!
$diff = "0 days";
$diff2 = "Days: 0";
} else {
$y = $y2 - $y1;
$m = $m2 - $m1;
$d = $d2 - $d1;
$daysInMonth = date("t",$StartDate);
if ($d<0) {$m--;$d=$daysInMonth+$d;}
if ($m<0) {$y--;$m=12+$m;}
$daysInMonth = date("t",$m2);
// Nicestring ("1 year, 1 month, and 5 days")
if ($y>0) $diff .= $y==1 ? "1 year" : "$y years";
if ($y>0 && $m>0) $diff .= ", ";
if ($m>0) $diff .= $m==1? "1 month" : "$m months";
if (($m>0||$y>0) && $d>0) $diff .= ", and ";
if ($d>0) $diff .= $d==1 ? "1 day" : "$d days";
// Nicestring 2 ("Years: 1, Months: 1, Days: 1")
if ($y>0) $diff2 .= $y==1 ? "Years: 1" : "Years: $y";
if ($y>0 && $m>0) $diff2 .= ", ";
if ($m>0) $diff2 .= $m==1? "Months: 1" : "Months: $m";
if (($m>0||$y>0) && $d>0) $diff2 .= ", ";
if ($d>0) $diff2 .= $d==1 ? "Days: 1" : "Days: $d";
}
$ReturnArray['NiceString'] = $diff;
$ReturnArray['NiceString2'] = $diff2;
return $ReturnArray;
}
// Example:
$DateDiffAry = GetDateDifference('01/09/2008', '02/11/2009');
print_r($DateDiffAry);
?>
--was--
Hello everyone,
After posting my "GetDateDifference" function on 15-Oct-2008 10:57 (further down the
page), I discovered some bugs, which I fixed. I also added an extra date difference string value and
cleaned things up a bit.
Sorry about the trouble and any confusion I caused! Enjoy!
<?php
// Function used to take two date strings, and returns an associative array
// with different formats for the difference between the dates.
// --------------------
// Variables:
// StartDateString (String - MM/DD/YYYY)
// EndDateString (String - MM/DD/YYYY)
// --------------------
// Example: $DateDiffAry = GetDateDifference('01/09/2008', '02/11/2009');
// print_r($DateDiffAry);
// --------------------
// Returns Something Like:
/*
Array
(
[YearsSince] => 1.0931506849315
[MonthsSince] => 13.117808219178
[DaysSince] => 399
[HoursSince] => 9576
[MinutesSince] => 574560
[SecondsSince] => 34473600
[NiceString] => 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days
[NiceString2] => Years: 1, Months: 1, Days: 2
)
*/
function GetDateDifference($StartDateString=NULL, $EndDateString=NULL) {
$ReturnArray = array();
$SDSplit = explode('/',$StartDateString);
$StartDate = mktime(0,0,0,$SDSplit[0],$SDSplit[1],$SDSplit[2]);
$EDSplit = explode('/',$EndDateString);
$EndDate = mktime(0,0,0,$EDSplit[0],$EDSplit[1],$EDSplit[2]);
$DateDifference = $EndDate-$StartDate;
$ReturnArray['YearsSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60/24/365;
$ReturnArray['MonthsSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60/24/365*12;
$ReturnArray['DaysSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60/24;
$ReturnArray['HoursSince'] = $DateDifference/60/60;
$ReturnArray['MinutesSince'] = $DateDifference/60;
$ReturnArray['SecondsSince'] = $DateDifference;
$y1 = date("Y", $StartDate);
$m1 = date("m", $StartDate);
$d1 = date("d", $StartDate);
$y2 = date("Y", $EndDate);
$m2 = date("m", $EndDate);
$d2 = date("d", $EndDate);
$diff = '';
$diff2 = '';
if (($EndDate - $StartDate)<=0) {
// Start date is before or equal to end date!
$diff = "0 days";
$diff2 = "Days: 0";
} else {
$y = $y2 - $y1;
$m = $m2 - $m1;
$d = $d2 - $d1;
$daysInMonth = date("t",$StartDate);
if ($d<0) {$m--;$d=$daysInMonth+$d;}
if ($m<0) {$y--;$m=12+$m;}
$daysInMonth = date("t",$m2);
// Nicestring ("1 year, 1 month, and 5 days")
if ($y>0) $diff .= $y==1 ? "1 year" : "$y years";
if ($y>0 && $m>0) $diff .= ", ";
if ($m>0) $diff .= $m==1? "1 month" : "$m months";
if (($m>0||$y>0) && $d>0) $diff .= ", and ";
if ($d>0) $diff .= $d==1 ? "1 day" : "$d days";
// Nicestring 2 ("Years: 1, Months: 1, Days: 1")
if ($y>0) $diff2 .= $y==1 ? "Years: 1" : "Years: $y";
if ($y>0 && $m>0) $diff2 .= ", ";
if ($m>0) $diff2 .= $m==1? "Months: 1" : "Months: $m";
if (($m>0||$y>0) && $d>0) $diff2 .= ", ";
if ($d>0) $diff2 .= $d==1 ? "Days: 1" : "Days: $d";
}
$ReturnArray['NiceString'] = $diff;
$ReturnArray['NiceString2'] = $diff2;
return $ReturnArray;
}
// Example:
$DateDiffAry = GetDateDifference('01/09/2008', '02/11/2009');
print_r($DateDiffAry);
?>
http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php