Just subtract the Unix timestamps.
ie. $past_date = mktime(12,45,0,5,6,1994);
$diff = time() - $past_date;
$days = $diff/86400; // number of seconds in a day
echo (int)$days; // truncate to an integer
-Rasmus
On 12 Jan 2001, Matthew Brealey wrote:
> I need to find the number of days between a date in the past and todays date. Does
>PHP have a function to do this, or do I need to write my own?
>
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