- substr: documentation ( source)
- abs: documentation ( source)
- round: documentation ( source)
- str_replace: documentation ( source)
- date: documentation ( source)
<?php
//echo date('d-M-y');
//echo date('d-m-y H:i:s A' , strtotime( '29-APR-13 09.28.12.505032 pm'));
$date = '29-APR-13 09.28.12.505032 PM';
$new_date = substr($date,0,18).substr($date, 25,28);
$new_date = str_replace(".", ":", $new_date);
echo $new_date;
echo "\n";
echo date("d-M-y h:i:s A");
$elapsed_time = round(abs(date("d-M-y h:i:s a") - $new_date) / 60,2);
echo $elapsed_time;