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Calculate number of hours between 2 dates in PHP
How can I get the number of hours of difference between two dates in PHP? I need to get an integer since I want to know if is bigger or smaller than a particular value.
<?php
$time1 = time();
$time2 = mktime(0,0,0,11,13,2012); // earlier today
echo ($time1 - $time2) / 3600; // 3600 seconds in hour
?>
Try:
$date1 = "2012-11-05 12:35:00";
$date2 = "2012-11-07 14:35:00";
$diff = strtotime($date2) - strtotime($date1);
$diff_in_hrs = $diff/3600;
print_r($diff_in_hrs);
If you have an up-to-date PHP
$dateOne = new DateTime('2012-01-20 00:00:00');
$dateTwo = new DateTime('2012-01-21 02:00:00');
// Procedurally $interval = date_diff($dateOne, $dateTwo);
// Alternatively OOP style if supported
$interval = $dateOne->diff($dateTwo);