<?php date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York'); echo facebook_time_ago('2016-03-11 04:58:00'); function facebook_time_ago($timestamp) { $time_ago = strtotime($timestamp); $current_time = time(); $time_difference = $current_time - $time_ago; $seconds = $time_difference; $minutes = round($seconds / 60 ); // value 60 is seconds $hours = round($seconds / 3600); //value 3600 is 60 minutes * 60 sec $days = round($seconds / 86400); //86400 = 24 * 60 * 60; $weeks = round($seconds / 604800); // 7*24*60*60; $months = round($seconds / 2629440); //((365+365+365+365+366)/5/12)*24*60*60 $years = round($seconds / 31553280); //(365+365+365+365+366)/5 * 24 * 60 * 60 if($seconds <= 60) { return "Just Now"; } else if($minutes <=60) { if($minutes==1) { return "one minute ago"; } else { return "$minutes minutes ago"; } } else if($hours <=24) { if($hours==1) { return "an hour ago"; } else { return "$hours hrs ago"; } } else if($days <= 7) { if($days==1) { return "yesterday"; } else { return "$days days ago"; } } else if($weeks <= 4.3) //4.3 == 52/12 { if($weeks==1) { return "a week ago"; } else { return "$weeks weeks ago"; } } else if($months <=12) { if($months==1) { return "a month ago"; } else { return "$months months ago"; } } else { if($years==1) { return "one year ago"; } else { return "$years years ago"; } } } ?>