date_interval_format

<?

$object = date_interval_create_from_date_string("1 year 1 month 1 day 1 hour 1 minute 1 second");
$format = "years: %y\nmonths: %m\ndays: %d\nhours: %h\nminutes: %i\nseconds: %s";

$return = date_interval_format($object, $format);

echo $return;

?>

years: 1
months: 1
days: 1
hours: 1
minutes: 1
seconds: 1

<?

$originObject = date_create("2001-01-01");
$targetObject = date_create();

$object = date_diff($originObject, $targetObject);
$format = "years: %y\nmonths: %m\ndays: %d\nhours: %h\nminutes: %i\nseconds: %s";

$return = date_interval_format($object, $format);

echo $return;

?>

years: 23
months: 9
days: 13
hours: 12
minutes: 20
seconds: 41