note 57583 modified in function.time by aidan

A simple function for calculating the number of seconds, minutes, etc in a timestamp is here: http://aidanlister.com/2004/04/making-time-periods-readable/ Example: <?php echo time_duration(100000000); // 3 years, 2 months, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 16 seconds echo time_duration(100000000, null, true); // 3 years, 2 months, 0 weeks, 0 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 16 seconds echo time_duration(100000000, 'yMw'); // 3 years, 2 months echo time_duration(100000000, 'd'); // 1157 days ?> It is also worth noting: * For manipulating arbitrary format, or length timestamps, see the PEAR::Date class. http://pear.php.net/package/Date/ * PHP 6 will be shipping a new inbuilt date and timestamp manipulation API. It's available on PECL here: http://pecl.php.net/package/datetime --was-- * A simple function for calculating the number of seconds, minutes, etc in a timestamp is here: http://aidanlister.com/repos/v/Duration.php Example: <?php $time = 60*60*2 + 20*60 + 5; // Gives 2 hours, 20 minutes, 5 seconds echo Duration::toString($time); ?> * For manipulating arbitrary format, or length timestamps, see the PEAR::Date class. http://pear.php.net/package/Date/ * PHP 6 will be shipping a new inbuilt date and timestamp manipulation API. It's available on PECL here: http://pecl.php.net/package/datetime http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php