strftime
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Date/Time Functions
PHP Manual

# strptime

Parse a time/date generated with strftime

### Description

array strptime ( string `$date` , string `$format` )

strptime returns an array with the `date` parsed, or `FALSE` on error.

Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale (`LC_TIME`).

### Parameters

`date` (string)

  The string to parse (e.g. returned from strftime).

`format` (string)

  The format used in `date` (e.g. the same as used in strftime). Note that some of the format options available to strftime may not have any effect within strptime; the exact subset that are supported will vary based on the operating system and C library in use.

  For more information about the format options, read the strftime page.

### Return Values

Returns an array or `FALSE` on failure.

The following parameters are returned in the array
parameters | Description
--- | ---
"tm_sec" | Seconds after the minute (0-61)
"tm_min" | Minutes after the hour (0-59)
"tm_hour" | Hour since midnight (0-23)
"tm_mday" | Day of the month (1-31)
"tm_mon" | Months since January (0-11)
"tm_year" | Years since 1900
"tm_wday" | Days since Sunday (0-6)
"tm_yday" | Days since January 1 (0-365)
"unparsed" | the `date` part which was not recognized using the specified `format`

### Examples

Example #1 strptime example

`<?php
$format = '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S';
$strf = strftime($format);
echo "$strf\n";
print_r(strptime($strf, $format));
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    03/10/2004 15:54:19

    Array
    (
        [tm_sec] => 19
        [tm_min] => 54
        [tm_hour] => 15
        [tm_mday] => 3
        [tm_mon] => 9
        [tm_year] => 104
        [tm_wday] => 0
        [tm_yday] => 276
        [unparsed] =>
    )

### Notes

> Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

> Note:

> Internally, this function calls the strptime() function provided by the system's C library. This function can exhibit noticeably different behaviour across different operating systems. The use of date_parse_from_format, which does not suffer from these issues, is recommended on PHP 5.3.0 and later.

> Note:

> "tm_sec" includes any leap seconds (currently upto 2 a year). For more information on leap seconds, see the » Wikipedia article on leap seconds.

> Note:

> Prior to PHP 5.2.0, this function could return undefined behaviour. Notably, the "tm_sec", "tm_min" and "tm_hour" entries would return undefined values.

### See Also

- checkdate
- strftime
- date_parse_from_format
- DateTime::createFromFormat