Is there an alternative to the date_parse function for php 5.1. *?

Question

I need to use the php date_parse function, but it is supported for 5.2 .. So is there an alternative for the date_parse function for php 5.1 ..

Answer 1

strtotime , possibly combined with getdate , localtime or gmtime

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

strtotime takes a string and converts it to a unix timestamp, and the other three functions convert the unix timestamp to an array, such as date_parse.

Answer 2

Try:

 getdate(strtotime($datestr)) 

Note that some keys are slightly different (for example, “seconds” rather than “second” and “day” rather than “day”), and getdate does not contain any error information. getdate also does not support fractions of a second.

Answer 3

I don't know what you mean by alternative, but check this:

php.net getdate ()

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

Answer 4

Just wondering why?

strtotime () seems to be the closest answer. Use timestamps (see Time (), mktime (), etc.) to avoid such parsing of strings.