The date_parse() function is used to obtain detailed information about a specific date.
This function returns an associative array containing more details about the parsed date, or it returns false in case of an error. It accepts a single argument specifying the date in a format accepted by the strtotime() function.
$date_parsed = date_parse('2023-06-22T07:30:09+01:00');
print_r($date_parsed);
The example given above returns the following information:
Array
(
[year] => 2023
[month] => 6
[day] => 22
[hour] => 7
[minute] => 30
[second] => 9
[fraction] => 0
[warning_count] => 0
[warnings] => Array
(
)
[error_count] => 0
[errors] => Array
(
)
[is_localtime] => 1
[zone_type] => 1
[zone] => 3600
[is_dst] =>
)
We can perform date analysis starting from a specific format.
The date_parse_from_format() function is used to obtain detailed information about the specified date based on the specified format.
The date_parse_from_format() function accepts, as its first argument, a string representing the format and then the date. It returns, like date_parse(), an associative array of detailed information about the date in the specified format, or it returns false in case of an error.
$date_parsed = date_parse_from_format('d/m/Y H:i:s T', '22/06/2023 07:30:09 Europe/Rome');
print_r($date_parsed);
The example given above returns the following information:
Array
(
[year] => 2023
[month] => 6
[day] => 22
[hour] => 7
[minute] => 30
[second] => 9
[fraction] => 0
[warning_count] => 0
[warnings] => Array
(
)
[error_count] => 0
[errors] => Array
(
)
[is_localtime] => 1
[zone_type] => 3
[tz_id] => Europe/Rome
)
If we try to specify an incorrect format, we get an incorrect result where the related errors are also listed in errors.
$date_parsed = date_parse_from_format('Y-m-d H:i:s T', '22/06/2023 07:30:09 Europe/Rome');
print_r($date_parsed);
Array
(
[year] => 22
[month] => 6
[day] => 20
[hour] => 23
[minute] => 7
[second] => 30
[fraction] => 0
[warning_count] => 0
[warnings] => Array
(
)
[error_count] => 8
[errors] => Array
(
[2] => Unexpected data found.
[5] => Unexpected data found.
[10] => Unexpected data found.
[16] => Trailing data
)
[is_localtime] => 1
[zone_type] => 0
)
Good work 👨💻
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