Online PHP editor | refs for 895Iv

<?php $date = new \DateTime('2017-08-07 00:00:00'); // initial date var_dump($date , new DateTime()); $dateInterval = $date->diff(new \DateTime()); // now $hours = ((int)$dateInterval->format('%a') * 24) + (int)$dateInterval->format('%h'); printf('%s:%s:%s' , $hours , $dateInterval->format('%I'), $dateInterval->format('%S'));