function DeltaDate()
{
// configure the base date
$base_day		= 24;		// no leading "0"
$base_mon		= 8;		// no leading "0"
$base_yr		= 2004;		// use 4 digit years!


$current_day		= date ("j");
$current_mon		= date ("n");
$current_yr		= date ("Y");

$base_mon_max		= date ("t",mktime (0,0,0,$base_mon,$base_day,$base_yr));
$base_day_diff 		= $base_mon_max - $base_day;
$base_mon_diff 		= 12 - $base_mon - 1;
$start_day		= 1;
$start_mon		= 1;
$start_yr		= $base_yr + 1;
$day_diff	= ($current_day - $start_day) + 1; 	// add today
$mon_diff	= ($current_mon - $start_mon) + 1;	// add current month
$yr_diff	= ($current_yr - $start_yr);
$day_diff	= $day_diff + $base_day_diff;
$mon_diff	= $mon_diff + $base_mon_diff;

if ($day_diff >= $base_mon_max)
{
	$day_diff = $day_diff - $base_mon_max;
	$mon_diff = $mon_diff + 1;
}

// handle overflow of years
if ($mon_diff >= 12)
{
	$mon_diff = $mon_diff - 12;
	$yr_diff = $yr_diff + 1;
}

// the results are here:
// $yr_diff  	--> the years between the two dates
// $mon_diff 	--> the month between the two dates
// $day_diff 	--> the days between the two dates

// ****************************************************************************

// this is just to make it look nicer
$years = "лет";
$days = "дней";
if ($yr_diff == "1") $years = "год";
if ($day_diff == "1") $days = "день";

// here we go
$outputres $yr_diff." ".$years.", ".$mon_diff." месяцев и ".$day_diff." ".$days;
return $outputres;

}