PHP strtotime() returns false for JavaScript Date string

Question

At browser,in JS

var today = new Date()
todaySendToServer = today.toString();

I am sending todaySendToServer to server in AJAX call or as part of URL.

At server, in PHP:

$todayJsDateString1 = preg_replace('#^(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\s([\d:]+)\s([a-zA-z]{0,2})$#','$3-    $2-$1 $4 $5', $todayJsDateString); 
$todayTimestamp = strtotime(todayJsDateString1);

The strtotime() PHP call returns false for date strings returned by some browser(like IE9)

Is there any alternate way to achieve this?

Can you format your string according to a standard? for example ISO8601 — mauris
– mauris, Commented Sep 3, 2012 at 7:00
How to format JavaScript Date string to ISO8601? Is there any API? — Krishna Shetty
– Krishna Shetty, Commented Sep 3, 2012 at 12:40

xdazz · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-03 07:01:11Z

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Pass the timestamp instead, so you even don't need to use strtotime in the php side.

var today = new Date();
var ts = today.getTime() / 1000;

answered Sep 3, 2012 at 7:01

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duri · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-03 07:01:22Z

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It's just a simple typo I guess, you missed a dollar sign:

$todayJsDateString1 = preg_replace('#^(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\s([\d:]+)\s([a-zA-z]{0,2})$#','$3-    $2-$1 $4 $5', $todayJsDateString); 
$todayTimestamp = strtotime($todayJsDateString1);

edited Sep 3, 2012 at 7:01

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answered Sep 3, 2012 at 6:59

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Krishna Shetty Over a year ago

It didn't work for JS date string sent from IE9 browser. Thank you

Gustav Westling · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-03 07:04:38Z

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Why not send it as a timestamp all the way?

var timestamp = new Date().getTime() / 1000;

$todayTimestamp = $todayJsDateString;

answered Sep 3, 2012 at 7:04

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