Is there any alternative for date_parse function for php 5.1.*?

Question

Hi!! I have to use php function date_parse but it is supported for 5.2.*. So is there any alternative for function date_parse for php 5.1.*. Hope to get answer........

Thanks ............

Answer 1

Don't know exactly what you mean by alternative but check this out:

php.net getdate()

Tip: look to the left you will see related functions.

Answer 2

PHP Date/Time Functions

Answer 3

Try:

getdate(strtotime($datestr))

Note that some keys are slightly different (eg. 'seconds' rather than 'second' and 'mday' rather than 'day') and getdate doesn't include any error information. getdate also doesn't support fractions of a second.

Answer 4

strtotime, possibly combined with getdate, localtime or gmtime

getdate(strtotime("20 Jan 2009"));

strtotime takes a string, and converts it into a unix timestamp, and the other three functions convert a unix timestamp into an array like date_parse.

Answer 5

Just wonder what for?

strtotime() seems to be the closest answer. Use timestamps (see time(), mktime() etc.) to avoid such string parsing.