Calculating last login time from database mysql

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I currently have a database which contains last_login and last_logout columns with the datatype set to datetime. When a user logs in and logs out of the system, the time is updated in both of those columns.

I would now like to create a notification that informs the user of when they previously logged into the system. I would like to display the answer in hours, for example (23 hours ago or 128 hours ago).

I just can't figure out how to perform calculations in PHP with the values in each of these columns. Please help.

I apologise if this question is hard to understand.

as the data is in the db, you can use mysql function TIMEDIFF — , Jan 30 '13 at 22:38
To convert a time difference in "x units ago" format, try this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2916189/266374 — Thomas Kelley, Jan 30 '13 at 22:38
havn't tried it but googled this http://www.hawkee.com/snippet/9368/ — Toby Allen, Jan 30 '13 at 22:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '13 at 22:41

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SELECT (TIME_TO_SEC(TIMEDIFF(LOGOUT_COLUMN, LOGIN_COLUMN)) / 3600) AS TimeDiff

should do the trick, will return in seconds the difference and then on PHP side you can convert that in minutes or hours.

answered Jan 30 '13 at 22:41

GGio

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '13 at 22:42

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Do it in mysql

Select TimeStampDiff(HOUR,LastLoginTime,Now()) From MyLoginTable

For instance

answered Jan 30 '13 at 22:42

Tony Hopkinson

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Calculating last login time from database mysql

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