Example
Parse a time/date generated with strftime():
html
<?php
$format="%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S";
$strf=strftime($format);
echo("$strf");
print_r(strptime($strf,$format));
?>
Definition and Usage
The strptime() function parses a time/date generated with strftime().
Note: This function was deprecated in PHP 8.1.0.
Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms!
Syntax
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strptime(date, format)
Parameter Values
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Required. The string to parse (e.g. returned from strftime()) |
| format | Required. Specifies the format used in the date: %a - abbreviated weekday name %A - full weekday name %b - abbreviated month name %B - full month name %c - preferred date and time representation %C - century number (the year divided by 100, range 00 to 99) %d - day of the month (01 to 31) %D - same as %m/%d/%y %e - day of the month (1 to 31) %g - like %G, but without the century %G - 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). %h - same as %b %H - hour, using a 24-hour clock (00 to 23) %I - hour, using a 12-hour clock (01 to 12) %j - day of the year (001 to 366) %m - month (01 to 12) %M - minute %n - newline character %p - either am or pm according to the given time value %r - time in a.m. and p.m. notation %R - time in 24 hour notation %S - second %t - tab character %T - current time, equal to %H:%M:%S %u - weekday as a number (1 to 7), Monday=1. Warning: In Sun Solaris Sunday=1 %U - week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week %V - The ISO 8601 week number of the current year (01 to 53), where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week %W - week number of the current year, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week %w - day of the week as a decimal, Sunday=0 %x - preferred date representation without the time %X - preferred time representation without the date %y - year without a century (range 00 to 99) %Y - year including the century %Z or %z - time zone or name or abbreviation %% - a literal % character |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | This function returns an array with the date parsed on success. FALSE on failure. The meaning of the returning array keys are: [tm_sec] - seconds (0-61) [tm_min] - minutes (0-59) [tm_hour] - hour (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, if any |
|---|---|
| PHP Version: | 5.1+ |