Question

How to get time elapsed since a specific date time in PHP

Answer 1

$startDateTime = new DateTime('2021-08-16 11:30:14');

$now = new DateTime();

$interval = $now->diff($startDateTime);

echo $interval->format('%y years %m months %d days %h hours %i minutes %s seconds');
  
  
  
  
/*
run:
  
2 years 3 months 24 days 23 hours 29 minutes 8 seconds
  
*/

 

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