php - difference between two dates

php DateTime::diff manual (PHP 5.3+)

$date1 = new DateTime('2007-03-24');

$date2 = new DateTime('2009-06-26');

$interval = $date1->diff($date2);

echo 'difference: ' . $interval->y . ' years, ' . $interval->m.' months, '.$interval->d.' days ';

Variant for PHP version to 5.3

$date1 = '2007-03-24';

$date2 = '2009-06-26';

$diff = abs(strtotime($date2) - strtotime($date1));

$years = floor($diff / (365*60*60*24));

$months = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24) / (30*60*60*24));

$days = floor(($diff - $years * 365*60*60*24 - $months*30*60*60*24)/ (60*60*24));

printf('difference: %d years, %d months, %d days', $years, $months, $days);

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