function getwhen($time) { $when = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($time)); $when = strtotime($when); $curr = strtotime(date("Y-m-d")); $date = $when - $curr; $diff = floor($date/(60*60*24)); if($diff == 0): echo 'today'; elseif($diff > 1): echo 'future time'; elseif($diff > 0): echo 'tomorrow'; elseif($diff < -1): echo 'back time'; else: echo 'yesterday'; endif; } $date = '2020-04-24 10:00:00'; echo getwhen($date);