Thanks. I know my syntax isn't quite right, but is this close to what I need to do? echo "<tr><th>Completion Time:</th></tr><tr><td>" . date('F j, Y g:i:sa', strtotime($row["login_timestamp"] - ["submit_timestamp"])/60) . "</td></tr>"; On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Peter Lind <peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25 May 2010 15:55, Bruce Gilbert <webguync@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Here is the situation. I have a form which sets a timestamp when a >> user logs in using UPDATE in SQL. The field is called >> 'login_timestamp' and is in a table called 'Candidates'. I have >> another timestamp which is set when a user submits the form data into >> the DB and it is called 'submit_timestamp' . What I want to do is >> determine the amount of time the user takes to complete the form by >> subtracting the 'login_timestamp' time form the 'submit_timestamp' >> time. I am using SQL to extract the data here. >> >> $sql = "SELECT Responses.name,Answers,submit_timestamp,login_timestamp >> FROM Responses LEFT JOIN Candidates USING (user_id)"; >> >> and then to display the timestamp in readable form. >> >> echo "<tr><th>Completion Time:</th></tr><tr><td>" . date('F j, Y >> g:i:sa', strtotime($row["login_timestamp"])) . "</td></tr>"; >> >> so I need to know how to subtract from two timestamp fields, two >> different tables and come up with the difference in minutes. >> > > In case you're using MySQL, timediff can do the job: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_timediff > > Otherwise, just do strtotime(endtime) - strtotime(starttime) / 60. > That's the difference in minutes. > > Regards > Peter > > > -- > <hype> > WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind > BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/kafe15 > </hype> > -- ::Bruce:: -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php