IntlDateFormatter::parse

datefmt_parse

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::parse -- datefmt_parse — Parse string to a timestamp value

Description

Object oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::parse ( string $value [, int &$position ] ) : int

Procedural style

datefmt_parse ( IntlDateFormatter $fmt , string $value [, int &$position ] ) : int

Converts string $value to an incremental time value, starting at $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.

Parameters

fmt

The formatter resource

value

string to convert to a time

position

Position at which to start the parsing in $value (zero-based). If no error occurs before $value is consumed, $parse_pos will contain -1 otherwise it will contain the position at which parsing ended (and the error occurred). This variable will contain the end position if the parse fails. If $parse_pos > strlen($value), the parse fails immediately.

Return Values

timestamp parsed value, or FALSE if value can't be parsed.

Examples

Example #1 OO example

<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'First parsed output is ' . $fmt->parse('Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT');
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'de-DE',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
?>

Example #2 datefmt_parse() example

<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'First parsed output is ' . datefmt_parse($fmt, 'Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT');
$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'de-DE',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Second parsed output is ' . datefmt_parse($fmt, 'Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 1989 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00');
?

The above example will output:

First parsed output is 630201600
Second parsed output is 630201600

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