date / time convert to time since php

Question

Hello in my database date / time are in this format

2010-06-01T18:20:25+0000

I\'d like to echo that out to time passed since that date / t

Answer 1

you can use the func timediff right in your database:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_timediff

pass the first param as the date, and the second param as now()