How to know how long this createt using compare time php

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Hay I want to know how cani check how much time ago this post created by compare times
for exxample
This is the post created time and date 2016-10-10T09:53:25+0000
how can i check how much time ago this post created by compare current time

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$now = new DateTime();
$then = new DateTime('2016-10-10T09:53:25+0000');

$diff = $now->diff($then);
print_r($diff);
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I want to use this in asia/kolkata timezone

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Thanks @Dormilich. How do I use this in the Asia/Kolkata timezone?

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exactly the same.

DateTime knows wich timezone you use (otherwise it complains about the missing timezone setting).

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when I use 2016-10-10T09:53:25+0000
I am not getting right result
if there is time 5:30pm and post time is 5:20pm
its show me post posted time is 4or5 hour ago
its not current I need thus result 10mint ago

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5:20pm is not the same as 2016-10-10T09:53:25+0000

we would need to see how you set the timestamp to compare to see what is the issue.

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2016-10-10T09:53:25+0000 this time is Facebook Post time when this post posted ok
and i want to show users how much time ago you post this post

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right now this timestamp is about 4h ago no matter where you are.

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Please can you explain clearly

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best explained with an example:

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
$now = new DateTime();
$then = new DateTime('2016-10-10T09:53:25+0000');

echo 'diff time: ', $now->diff($then)->format('%H:%I'), 
PHP_EOL, 'local time: ', $now->format('H:i'),
PHP_EOL, 'start time (UTC): ', $then->format('H:i'),
PHP_EOL, 'start time (local): ', $then->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata'))->format('H:i');
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Thanks But Still i am not getting right one

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then you either expect the wrong one or use the wrong one. but without code that is impossible to answer.

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I am getting this time value from Facebook this is post crated time

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as long as you don’t tell us what your code does, we cannot help you further.

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You can check this in graph expoloer
https://graph.facebook.com/Post_Id?fields=created_time

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nope, I can’t (due to authentication failure)

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anyways, the created time is in UTC and the timestamp you posted is about 5 h old now. not sure what you expect to see …

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This post i was posted 2 days 2016-10-06T05:35:08+0000
i want to show This Post Time 2days ago

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then do that!

the DateInterval object gives you access to the exact difference in days, hours, minutes, etc. but formatting those data is your job as a programmer! depending on how you want it to look you can start with DateInterval’s format() method.