$rst = '';
$s = time() - strtotime('2016-01-12 09:28:00');
$day = intval($s/86400);
$remain = $s%86400;
$hour = intval($remain/3600);
$remain = $remain%3600;
$minute = intval($remain/60);
$second = $remain%60;
if ($day) $rst .= $day.'天';
if ($hour) $rst .= $hour.'小时';
if ($minute) $rst .= $minute.'分';
if ($second) $rst .= $second.'秒';
echo $rst;
输出结果:1天1小时11分53秒