The resulting subtraction is not a valid timestamp, but rather the difference between the two timestamps in seconds . The resulting diff can be 1 if the timestamps are 1 seconds apart. The link<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/365191/how-to-get-time-difference-in-minutes-in-php>Jonathan sent out contains functions that does the division for you with results. Another link you can check out:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/9143387/1935500 On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Jim Giner <jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com>wrote: > Look at my code. The inputs are all timestamps so date should work, no? > My question why am i getting an hour value in this case? > > jg > > > On Oct 6, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Aziz Saleh <azizsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jim, > > The date method takes in a timestamp (not seconds away). > > You have the seconds, you will need to manually convert those seconds to > what you desire (minutes = seconds / 60), (hours = minutes / 60), etc.. > > Aziz > > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Farzan Dalaee <farzan.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Its so freaky >> >> Best Regards >> Farzan Dalaee >> >> > On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:29, Jim Giner <jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> On 10/6/2013 6:49 PM, Farzan Dalaee wrote: >> >> Try this please >> >> >> >> gmdate("H:i:s", $diff%86400) >> >> >> >> Best Regards >> >> Farzan Dalaee >> >> >> >>>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:12, Jim Giner <jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> On 10/6/2013 6:36 PM, Farzan Dalaee wrote: >> >>>> You should use gmdate() if you want to how many hours left to expire >> >>>> $time_left = gmdate("H:i:s",$diff); >> >>>> >> >>>> Best Regards >> >>>> Farzan Dalaee >> >>>> >> >>>>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 1:49, Jim Giner <jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com> >> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I always hate dealing with date/time stuff in php - never get it >> even close until an hour or two goes by.... >> >>>>> >> >>>>> anyway >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I have this: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> // get two timestamp values >> >>>>> $exp_time = $_COOKIE[$applid."expire"]; >> >>>>> $curr_time = time(); >> >>>>> // get the difference >> >>>>> $diff = $exp_time - $curr_time; >> >>>>> // produce a display time of the diff >> >>>>> $time_left = date("h:i:s",$diff); >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Currently the results are: >> >>>>> exp_time is 06:55:07 >> >>>>> curr_time is 06:12:03 >> >>>>> the diff is 2584 >> >>>>> All of these are correct. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> BUT time_left is 07:43:04 when it should be only "00:43:04". >> >>>>> >> >>>>> So - where is the hour value of '07' coming from?? And how do I get >> this right? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>> Thanks for the quick response, but why do I want to show the time in >> GMT? However, I did try it, changing the 'time_left' calc to use "gmdate". >> Now instead of a 7 for hours I have a 12. >> >>> >> >>> exp 07:34:52 >> >>> curr 06:40:14 >> >>> diff 3158 >> >>> left is 12:52:38 >> >>> >> >>> The 52:38 is the correct value, but not the 12. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > Doesn't work either. >> > >> > -- >> > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > >> > >
