PHP parse date with Timezone+Offset using strtotime()

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PHP's strtotime("2015-05-11 00:03:24 UTC+1") gives me the unix timestamp 1431302604. But the timestamp should be 1431299004.

Am I wrong? Or how can I correctly parse this date with PHP 5.4.

According to php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php strtotime give a Unix timestamp with default timezone if not specified in input. PHP versions >5 dont change that fact — Bertrand Martel
– Bertrand Martel, Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 22:21
Isn't the TZ specified in the input? I think UTC+1 is the timezone. But strtotime() doesn't honor this. That's my problem. — kieste
– kieste, Commented Aug 14, 2015 at 22:25

Diego Fu · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-14 22:59:25Z

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Try strtotime("2015-05-11 00:03:24+01:00")

answered Aug 14, 2015 at 22:59

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kieste Over a year ago

Thanks. This gives the correct result. Great! (But I am getting the date strings from an external API. I would need to do some ugly string replacement. I tried to use DateTime::createFromFormat() with no success so far.)

Diego Fu Over a year ago

Well you can remove the UTC and just have strtotime("2015-05-11 00:03:24 +1")

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