# Getting time since.... (PHP)

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**Created:** [April 10, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-time-since-php/86158 "2005-04-10T20:12:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![VoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/22d042/32.png) [@VoS](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VoS)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-time-since-php/86158/1 "2005-04-10T20:12:21Z")

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hey there…  
ive got a question in Php i hope someone can help me with…  
in a database , along with other info i have a field which registers when the entry was posted, heres an exampel of how the field stores date…  
04/10/2005 13:59:59  
what i want in php is a script that outputs the seconds since that time and date.

any help greatly appreciated

//VoS