Laravel 7/6 Calculate Time Difference Between Two Dates In Hours And Minutes Example

Hello Devs,

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to calculate time difference between two dates in hours and minutes in laravel.

Example: 1

/**
 * Display a listing of the resource.
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function index()
{

    $startTime = Carbon::parse('2020-02-11 04:04:26');
    $endTime = Carbon::parse('2020-02-11 04:36:56');

    $totalDuration = $endTime->diffForHumans($startTime);
    dd($totalDuration);
}

OUTPUT:

Example: 2

/**
 * Display a listing of the resource.
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function index()
{

    $startTime = Carbon::parse('2020-02-11 04:04:26');
    $endTime = Carbon::parse('2020-02-11 04:36:56');

    $totalDuration =  $startTime->diff($endTime)->format('%H:%I:%S')." Minutes";
    dd($totalDuration);
}

OUTPUT:

I hope this example helps you.