date_interval_format

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Formats the interval

date_interval_format ( DateInterval $object , string $format ) : string

object

A DateInterval object.

format

Character	Description	Example
%	Literal %	%
Y	Years, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0	01, 03
y	Years, numeric	1, 3
M	Months, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0	01, 03, 12
m	Months, numeric	1, 3, 12
D	Days, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0	01, 03, 31
d	Days, numeric	1, 3, 31
a	Total number of days as a result of a DateTime::diff() or (unknown) otherwise	4, 18, 8123
H	Hours, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0	01, 03, 23
h	Hours, numeric	1, 3, 23
I	Minutes, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0	01, 03, 59
i	Minutes, numeric	1, 3, 59
S	Seconds, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0	01, 03, 57
s	Seconds, numeric	1, 3, 57
F	Microseconds, numeric, at least 6 digits with leading 0	007701, 052738, 428291
f	Microseconds, numeric	7701, 52738, 428291
R	Sign "-" when negative, "+" when positive	-, +
r	Sign "-" when negative, empty when positive	-,

Returns the formatted interval.

<?

$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: 20
months: 3
days: 16
hours: 8
minutes: 22
seconds: 32

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