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<?php
$datepicker = "November 16, 2013";
//$date = DateTime::createFromFormat("MMM dd , yyyy",$datestring);
/*
$date = Date("M d, Y");
var_dump($date);
*/
$datetime = strtotime($datepicker);
$datetime1 = new DateTime($datepicker);
$datetime2 = new DateTime();
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
var_dump($interval);