PHP Date create from format returning null?

Question

I have a string with the value, 25 July 2014 15:01 and I'm trying to turn it into a timestamp.

This is the code that I'm trying to use, although it's not working, any ideas?

    $date = date_create_from_format('j F y G:i', $dateString);
    var_dump($date);

This is my code: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pg2o5piz45g3piw/Screenshot%202014-07-26%2019.03.22.png

And this is the output: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o5jr6ob23crsbf6/Screenshot%202014-07-26%2019.03.20.png

Fixed.

I am using the simple_html_dom module, and I was accidentally using outertext instead of innertext, so I was getting the span html as well!

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Emissary · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-26 18:01:57Z

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y (lowercase) denotes a two digit representation of the year - try uppercase (full year) instead:

$date = date_create_from_format('j F Y G:i', $dateString);
var_dump($date);

Outputs something like:

object(DateTime)#1 (3) {
  ["date"]=>
      string(19) "2014-07-25 15:01:00"
  ["timezone_type"]=>
      int(3)
  ["timezone"]=>
      string(13) "Europe/London"
}

You might want to check out the Date manual.

answered Jul 26, 2014 at 18:01

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raidenace · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-26 17:57:18Z

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Try this:

$str = "25 July 2014 15:01";
echo strtotime($str);

strtotime() will automagically parse almost any string which has datetime information into an Unix timestamp. You can do nifty things like:

echo strtotime("+1 day");
echo strtotime("next Thursday");

:)

edited Jul 26, 2014 at 17:57

answered Jul 26, 2014 at 17:52

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Harry Torry Over a year ago

echo "new:" . strtotime($dateString); I added this, although nothing is coming up, nor is there anything in the PHP error log.

raidenace Over a year ago

@HarryTorry - what is value of $dateString? Can you paste that?

Harry Torry Over a year ago

See the original comment, I've added images!

raidenace Over a year ago

@HarryTorry - when I run this $str = "25 July 2014 15:01"; echo strtotime($str); I get 1406293260. In your code, comment all the rest of the lines and see running just these ones first.

Álvaro González Over a year ago

FYI, strtotime() uses the same heuristics that the DateTime constructor.

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