PHP date_parse_from_format() Function

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The date_parse_from_format() function parses a string and gets a date, according to the specified format.

PHP date_parse_from_format() Function has the following syntax.

date_parse_from_format(format,date);

Parameter	Is Required	Description
format	Required.	Format accepted by date_create_from_format()
date	Required.	A data value in string

The following characters can be used in the format parameter string:

Format	Description
d	Day of the month; with leading zeros
j	Day of the month; without leading zeros
D	Day of the month (Mon - Sun)
I	Day of the month (Monday - Sunday)
S	English suffix for day of the month (st, nd, rd, th)
F	Monthname (January - December)
M	Monthname (Jan-Dec)
m	Month (01-12)
n	Month (1-12)
Y	Year (e.g 2013)
y	Year (e.g 13)
a and A	am or pm
g	12 hour format with leading zeros
h	12 hour format without leading zeros
G	24 hour format with leading zeros
H	12 hour format without leading zeros
i	Minutes with leading zeros
s	Seconds with leading zeros
u	Microseconds (up to six digits)
e, O, P and T	Timezone identifier
U	Seconds since Unix Epoch
#	One of the following separation symbol: ;,:,/,.,,,-,(,)
?	A random byte
*	Rondom bytes until next separator/digit
!	Resets all fields to Unix Epoch
\|	Resets all fields to Unix Epoch if they have not been parsed yet
+	If present, trailing data in the string will cause a warning, not an error

PHP date_parse_from_format() Function returns date data on success.

Parse a date value


<?php
print_r(date_parse_from_format("mmddyyyy","05122013"));
?>

The code above generates the following result.

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