You should be working with UNIX timestamps here. Convert the dates to human readble only after you've done the calcuations. -Kevin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:38 PM Subject: [PHP] date functions > i got 2 dates and i want to know how many minutes between em,, like: > > $date1 = date("Y-m-j H:i"); > $date2 = date("Y-m-j H:i", strtotime("now") + 1800); > > $minutes = date_something($date1, $date2); > > echo "there are $minutes between, $date1 and $date2"; > > regards > patrick > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php