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PHP strtotime() Function
 Complete PHP Date Reference
Definition and Usage
The strtotime() function parses an English textual date or time into a
Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Syntax
| Parameter |
Description |
| time |
Required. Specifies the time string to parse |
| now |
Optional. Specifies the timestamp used to calculate the returned value. If
this parameter is omitted, current time is used |
Tips and Notes
Note: If the year is specified in a two-digit format,
values between 0-69 are mapped to 2000-2069 and values between 70-100 are mapped to 1970-2000.
Note: In PHP
5.1.0 this function returns false on failure (earlier versions returns -1).
Example
<?php
echo(strtotime("now") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("3 October 2005") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+5 hours") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+1 week") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+1 week 3 days 7 hours 5 seconds") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("next Monday") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("last Sunday"));
?>
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The output of the code above could be:
1138614504
1128290400
1138632504
1139219304
1139503709
1139180400
1138489200
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Complete PHP Date Reference
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