note 98728 deleted from function.date-diff by danbrown

From: Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:50:09 +0000
Subject: note 98728 deleted from function.date-diff by danbrown
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Note Submitter: equipo at anavallasuiza dot com ---- This is my dateDiff function: <?php /** * function dateDiff (string $date1, string $date2, string $format) * * Return dates differnce in format given * * Valid formats: m => minutes, h => hours, d => days, m => months, y => years * return string */ function dateDiff ($date1, $date2, $format = 'md') { $time1 = is_int($date1)?$date1:strtotime($date1); $time2 = is_int($date2)?$date2:strtotime($date2); if (!$time1 || !$time2) { return false; } if ($time1 > $time2) { list($time1, $time2) = explode(' ', $time2.' '.$time1); } $difference = $time2 - $time1; $len = strlen($format); $each = array(); for ($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++) { switch ($format[$i]) { case 'i': $mult = 60; $name = array(__('minute'), __('minutes')); break; case 'h': $mult = (60 * 60); $name = array(__('hour'), __('hours')); break; case 'd': $mult = (60 * 60 * 24); $name = array(__('day'), __('days')); break; case 'm': $mult = (60 * 60 * 24 * 30); $name = array(__('month'), __('months')); break; case 'y': $mult = (60 * 60 * 24 * 30 * 12); $name = array(__('year'), __('years')); break; default: $mult = 0; $name = array(__('second'), __('seconds')); break; } if ($mult > 0) { $value = intval($difference / $mult); $difference = $difference - ($value * $mult); } else { $value = $difference; $difference = 0; } if ($value > 0) { if ($value == 1) { $each[] = $value.' '.$name[0]; } else { $each[] = $value.' '.$name[1]; } } } return preg_replace('/,([^,]+)$/', ' '.__('and').' $1', implode(', ', $each)); } // Example: echo dateDiff(time(), '2011-08-06', 'ymd'); // Return 1 year, 1 month and 9 days echo dateDiff(time(), '2011-08-06', 'yd'); // Return 1 year and 39 days echo dateDiff(time(), '2011-08-06', 'md'); // Return 13 months and 9 days ?>

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