1$date = '2012-09-09 03:09:00';
2
3$createDate = new DateTime($date);
4
5$strip = $createDate->format('Y-m-d');
6var_dump($strip); // string(10) "2012-09-09"
7
8$now = new DateTime();
9$difference = $now->diff($createDate, true);
10var_dump($difference);
11
12/* object(DateInterval)#3 (8) {
13 ["y"]=>
14 int(0)
15 ["m"]=>
16 int(0)
17 ["d"]=>
18 int(7)
19 ["h"]=>
20 int(13)
21 ["i"]=>
22 int(4)
23 ["s"]=>
24 int(38)
25 ["invert"]=>
26 int(0)
27 ["days"]=>
28 int(7)
29} */