Change elapsed time after a month to different format

Question

I am using codeigniter and I have this code below It converts date in to a elapsed time to something like

Asked 1 month, 3 weeks ago

If the date is older than a month I would like it to only display like date

Asked Sept 01 05:34:13

and if older than a year

Asked Sept 01 2015 05:34:13

Currently if time is under month prints out like below which is fine

example Asked 1 minute, 14 seconds ago

example Asked 2 weeks, 3 hours ago

$this->when_was_question_posted(strtotime('2016-09-01 05:34:13'))

Question how can I make sure that if the date is older than a month
then display like date
Asked Sept 01 05:34:13
and if older than a
year
Asked Sept 01 2015 05:34:13

function when_was_question_posted($distant_timestamp, $max_units = 2) {

    $i = 0;

    $time = time() - $distant_timestamp; // to get the time since that moment



    $tokens = [

        31536000 => 'year',

        2592000 => 'month',

        604800 => 'week',

        86400 => 'day',

        3600 => 'hour',

        60 => 'minute',

        1 => 'second'

    ];



    $responses = [];



    while ($i < $max_units) {

        foreach ($tokens as $unit => $text) {

            if ($time < $unit) {

                continue;

            }

            $i++;

            $numberOfUnits = floor($time / $unit);



            $responses[] = $numberOfUnits . ' ' . $text . (($numberOfUnits > 1) ? 's' : '');

            $time -= ($unit * $numberOfUnits);

            break;

        }

    }



    if (!empty($responses)) {

        return 'Asked ' . implode(', ', $responses) . ' ago';

    }



    return 'Just now';

}

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Answer 1

Here is something to get you going...

$date_now = new DateTime();
$date     = new DateTime('2014-04-01 00:00:00');

$interval = $date_now->diff($date);

if($interval->y > 0) {
    echo "More than a year";
    echo "<br>";
    $display_date = $date->format('M d Y h:i:s');
} elseif($interval->m > 0) {
    echo "More than a month";
    echo "<br>";
    $display_date = $date->format('M d h:i:s');
} else {
    // Call your existing function
}

Change elapsed time after a month to different format

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