Question

Given a datetime string like this:

2012-06-19 03:44:39

I want to use it to provide a countdown (in minutes) until that time.

You can post again in <?php echo date('i', strtotime($expires) - strtotime(time())) ?> minutes.

That’s what I have, but it always says 15 minutes. Probably because time() isn’t the right function to use but I’m not sure.

Thanks.

Answer 1

time() already returns a timestamp so you don’t have to use strtotime on it:

<?php echo date('i', strtotime($expires) - time()) ?>