calculates the difference in hours between a given end date and the current date and time

Also, remember to handle any error conditions that may occur, such as invalid date formats or null values.

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Arun Kr.
13-Jun-24
  • Date Formatting: Your date format doesn't include seconds. If you want to include seconds, you should use 'Y-m-d H:i:s'.

  • Timezone: You're setting the timezone to 'Asia/Kolkata', but keep in mind that if your server is not in that timezone, you might get unexpected results. You may want to consider using UTC time to avoid timezone issues.

  • Return Format: You're returning the difference in the format of days, hours, and minutes, which is fine, but it's important to clarify what %d, %H, and %i represent in the format string.

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    public function differenceInHours($enddate)
    {
        // Set timezone to Asia/Kolkata
        date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
    
        // Current date and time
        $current_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    
        // Start time
        $datetime1 = new DateTime($current_date);
    
        // End time
        $datetime2 = new DateTime($enddate);
    
        // Calculate the difference
        $interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
    
        // Format the difference
        $formatted_diff = sprintf('%d days, %d hours, %d minutes', 
                                    $interval->d, $interval->h, $interval->i);
    
        return $formatted_diff;
    }
    
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