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Re: difference between two date in seconds: problem with daylight

Curtis

2007-01-30, 3:59 am

_mario.lat wrote:
> Hallo,
> I have to calculate difference in seconds between two timestamp (unixtime).
> the problem is when there is daylight saving time so in this case
> end-start shoultd be negative and wrong data.
> How can I do?
> there is a function that lead this problem?
> Thank you in advance,
> Mario.

Check out the manual: http://php.net/date - Look at the format
character, 'Z', which is your server's difference in time from GMT.
From there, you can handle DST or force the time to a specific offset.

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