get difference in time in HH:MM format php

Question

how can i get this to output

HH:MM format?

 $to_time = strtotime(\"2008-12-13 10:42:00\");  <--AM
 $from_time = strtotime(\"2008-12-14 8:21:00\")         


        

Answer 1

First of all you need to include AM and PM in your date strings, otherwise 2008-12-14 8:21:00 will be interpreted as 8:21 AM

Now the difference between two dates is 2019 that is 33h:19m, you cant' have t with standard date formats, since they support only 24h clock. You should keep $stat as integer, and display it with sprintf like like this:

echo sprintf('%02dh:%02dm', $stat/60, $stat%60);