strptime

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

strptime — Parse a time/date generated with strftime()

Description

array strptime ( string $date , string $format )

strptime() returns an array with the date parsed, or FALSE on error.

Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale() (LC_TIME).

Parameters

date (string)

The string to parse (e.g. returned from strftime())

format (string)

The format used in date (e.g. the same as used in strftime()).

For more information about the format options, read the strftime() page.

Return Values

Returns an array, or FALSE on failure.

The following parameters are returned in the array

parameters	Description
tm_sec	Seconds after the minute (0-61)
tm_min	Minutes after the hour (0-59)
tm_hour	Hour since midnight (0-23)
tm_mday	Day of the month (1-31)
tm_mon	Months since January (0-11)
tm_year	Years since 1900
tm_wday	Days since Sunday (0-6)
tm_yday	Days since January 1 (0-365)
unparsed	the date part which was not recognized using the specified format

Examples

Example #1 strptime() example

<?php
$format = '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S';
$strf = strftime($format);

echo "$strf\n";

print_r(strptime($strf, $format));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

03/10/2004 15:54:19

Array
(
    [tm_sec] => 19
    [tm_min] => 54
    [tm_hour] => 15
    [tm_mday] => 3
    [tm_mon] => 9
    [tm_year] => 104
    [tm_wday] => 0
    [tm_yday] => 276
    [unparsed] =>
)

      

Notes

Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

See Also

• strftime()