Help converting specific string to timestamp

Discussion in 'PHP' started by liam1412, Oct 22, 2011.

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  1. #1
    Hi

    Can anyone help me with the following

    I am scraping some content (legally) and I need to convert the date to a timestamp.

    It is presented in this format


    September 22nd, 2011 11:05 AM


    Can anyone help.
     
    liam1412, Oct 22, 2011 IP
  2. ngcoders

    ngcoders Active Member

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    use strtotime

    $time = strtotime('September 22nd, 2011 11:05 AM'); //convert
    echo date('r',$time); // check
     
    ngcoders, Oct 22, 2011 IP
  3. liam1412

    liam1412 Active Member

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    I feel really foolish now

    I thought strtotime wouldn't work due to the comma after September,
     
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  4. Rukbat

    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    From the PHP manual:

    "strtotime — Parse about any English textual datetime description into a Unix timestamp"

    They're pretty broad about the meaning of "any" - even "next Thursday" will produce a valid time value.
     
    Rukbat, Oct 24, 2011 IP