PHP | date_diff() Function
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12 Feb, 2019
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The date_diff() is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to calculate the difference between two dates. This function returns a DateInterval object on the success and returns FALSE on failure.
Syntax:
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date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);Parameters: The date_diff() function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- $datetime1: It is a mandatory parameter which specifies the first DateTime object.
- $datetime2: It is a mandatory parameter which specifies the second DateTime object.
<?php
// PHP program to illustrate
// date_diff() function
// creates DateTime objects
$datetime1 = date_create('2017-06-28');
$datetime2 = date_create('2018-06-28');
// calculates the difference between DateTime objects
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
// printing result in days format
echo $interval->format('%R%a days');
?>
<?php// PHP program to illustrate // date_diff() function// creates DateTime objects$datetime1 = date_create('2017-06-28');$datetime2 = date_create('2018-06-28');// calculates the difference between DateTime objects$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);// printing result in days formatecho $interval->format('%R%a days');?>
Output:
Program 2:
+365 days
<?php
// PHP program to illustrate
// date_diff() function
// difference only in year
$datetime1 = date_create('2017-06-28');
$datetime2 = date_create('2018-06-28');
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days') . "\n";
// Difference only in months
$datetime1 = date_create('2018-04-28');
$datetime2 = date_create('2018-06-28');
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days') . "\n";
// Difference in year, month, days
$datetime1 = date_create('2017-06-28');
$datetime2 = date_create('2018-04-05');
$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);
echo $interval->format('%R%a days') . "\n";
?>
<?php// PHP program to illustrate // date_diff() function// difference only in year$datetime1 = date_create('2017-06-28');$datetime2 = date_create('2018-06-28');$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);echo $interval->format('%R%a days') . "\n";// Difference only in months$datetime1 = date_create('2018-04-28');$datetime2 = date_create('2018-06-28');$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);echo $interval->format('%R%a days') . "\n";// Difference in year, month, days$datetime1 = date_create('2017-06-28');$datetime2 = date_create('2018-04-05');$interval = date_diff($datetime1, $datetime2);echo $interval->format('%R%a days') . "\n";?>
Output:
Reference:http://php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
+365 days +61 days +281 days
