Re: [PHP] Better timestamp explanation to the client

2005-09-08 Thread Jordan Miller
methinks you should convert the datetime to a unix timestamp with strtotime(). then you can compare the difference between this timestamp and a unix timestamp of "now" to find if you have logged in within a min. of the previous time. Then, once you know what text to display (e.g. "Less than

Re: [PHP] Better timestamp explanation to the client

2005-09-08 Thread Chris
I'd probably out how many minutes it's been, then format it using if statements. $iMinues = (value from database); if(1 > $iMinutes) $sLastseen = 'Less than a minute ago!'; elseif(1 == $iMinutes) $sLastseen = '1 minute ago'; elseif(60 > $iMinutes) $sLastseen = "{$iMinutes} minutes ago"; elseif(1