Determines the difference between two timestamps.
The difference is returned in a human readable format such as “1 hour”, “5 mins”, “2 days”.
Usage
human_time_diff( $from, $to );
Parameters
$from
(integer) (required) Unix timestamp from which the difference begins.
Default: None
$to
(integer) (optional) Unix timestamp to end the time difference. Default becomes time() if not set.
Default: ”
Return Values
(string)
Human readable time difference.
Examples
To print an entry’s time (“2 days ago”):
echo human_time_diff( get_the_time('U'), current_time('timestamp') ) . ' ago';
For comments:
echo human_time_diff( get_comment_time('U'), current_time('timestamp') ) . ' ago';