<?php
$datetime1 = new DateTime();
$datetime2 = new DateTime('2013-01-03 17:13:00');
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
$elapsed = $interval->format('%y years, %m months, %a days, %h hours, %i minutes, %S seconds');
$elapsed = str_replace(array('0 years,', ' 0 months,', ' 0 days,', ' 0 hours,', ' 0 minutes,'), '', $elapsed);
$elapsed = str_replace(array('1 years, ', ' 1 months, ', ' 1 days, ', ' 1 hours, ', ' 1 minutes'), array('1 year, ', '1 month, ', ' 1 day, ', ' 1 hour, ', ' 1 minute'), $elapsed);
echo $elapsed;
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28.45 ms | 404 KiB | 5 Q