Evidently you've got files on your server that aren't truly updated to v1.3.9, which is when the date_diff() function in Zen Cart was renamed to avoid clashes with PHP5 changes.

Time to do a compare of all your files and clean up whatever's not correct. http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...Obscure_Issues

Wouldn't hurt to finish your upgrade to the latest version while you're at it.