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<refentry xml:id="function.date-parse" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>date_parse</refname>
<refpurpose>Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>date_parse</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>datetime</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>date_parse</function> parses the given
<parameter>datetime</parameter> string according to the same rules as
<function>strtotime</function> and
<function>DateTimeImmutable::__construct</function>. Instead of returning a
Unix timestamp (with <function>strtotime</function>) or a
<classname>DateTimeImmutable</classname> object (with
<function>DateTimeImmutable::__construct</function>), it returns an
associative array with the information that it could detect in the given
<parameter>datetime</parameter> string.
</para>
<para>
If no information about a certain group of elements can be found, these
array elements will be set to &false; or are missing. If needed for
constructing a timestamp or <classname>DateTimeImmutable</classname> object from
the same <parameter>datetime</parameter> string, more fields can be set to
a non-&false; value. See the examples for cases where that happens.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>datetime</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Date/time in format accepted by
<function>DateTimeImmutable::__construct</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns <type>array</type> with information about the parsed date/time
on success&return.falseforfailure;.
</para>
<para>
The returned array has keys for <literal>year</literal>,
<literal>month</literal>, <literal>day</literal>, <literal>hour</literal>,
<literal>minute</literal>, <literal>second</literal>,
<literal>fraction</literal>, and <literal>is_localtime</literal>.
</para>
<para>
If <literal>is_localtime</literal> is present then
<literal>zone_type</literal> indicates the type of timezone. For type
<literal>1</literal> (UTC offset) the <literal>zone</literal>,
<literal>is_dst</literal> fields are added; for type <literal>2</literal>
(abbreviation) the fields <literal>tz_abbr</literal>,
<literal>is_dst</literal> are added; and for type <literal>3</literal>
(timezone identifier) the <literal>tz_abbr</literal>,
<literal>tz_id</literal> are added.
</para>
<para>
If relative time elements are present in the
<parameter>datetime</parameter> string such as <literal>+3 days</literal>,
the then returned array includes a nested array with the key
<literal>relative</literal>. This array then contains the keys
<literal>year</literal>, <literal>month</literal>, <literal>day</literal>,
<literal>hour</literal>, <literal>minute</literal>,
<literal>second</literal>, and if necessary <literal>weekday</literal>, and
<literal>weekdays</literal>, depending on the string that was passed in.
</para>
<para>
The array includes <literal>warning_count</literal> and
<literal>warnings</literal> fields. The first one indicate how many
warnings there were.
The keys of elements <literal>warnings</literal> array indicate the
position in the given <parameter>datetime</parameter> where the warning
occurred, with the string value describing the warning itself.
</para>
<para>
The array also contains <literal>error_count</literal> and
<literal>errors</literal> fields. The first one indicate how many errors
were found.
The keys of elements <literal>errors</literal> array indicate the
position in the given <parameter>datetime</parameter> where the error
occurred, with the string value describing the error itself.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
The number of array elements in the <literal>warnings</literal> and
<literal>errors</literal> arrays might be less than
<literal>warning_count</literal> or <literal>error_count</literal> if they
occurred at the same position.
</para>
</warning>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="errors">
&reftitle.errors;
<para>
In case the date/time format has an error, the element 'errors' will
contain the error messages.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>7.2.0</entry>
<entry>
The <literal>zone</literal> element of the returned array represents
seconds instead of minutes now, and its sign is inverted. For instance
<literal>-120</literal> is now <literal>7200</literal>.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>date_parse</function> example with a comprehensive
<parameter>datetime</parameter> string</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(date_parse("2006-12-12 10:00:00.5"));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(12) {
["year"]=>
int(2006)
["month"]=>
int(12)
["day"]=>
int(12)
["hour"]=>
int(10)
["minute"]=>
int(0)
["second"]=>
int(0)
["fraction"]=>
float(0.5)
["warning_count"]=>
int(0)
["warnings"]=>
array(0) {
}
["error_count"]=>
int(0)
["errors"]=>
array(0) {
}
["is_localtime"]=>
bool(false)
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
The timezone elements only show up if they are included in the given
<parameter>datetime</parameter> string. In that case there will
always be a <literal>zone_type</literal> element and a few more depending
on its value.
<example>
<title><function>date_parse</function> with timezone abbreviation information</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(date_parse("June 2nd, 2022, 10:28:17 BST"));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(16) {
["year"]=>
int(2022)
["month"]=>
int(6)
["day"]=>
int(2)
["hour"]=>
int(10)
["minute"]=>
int(28)
["second"]=>
int(17)
["fraction"]=>
float(0)
["warning_count"]=>
int(0)
["warnings"]=>
array(0) {
}
["error_count"]=>
int(0)
["errors"]=>
array(0) {
}
["is_localtime"]=>
bool(true)
["zone_type"]=>
int(2)
["zone"]=>
int(0)
["is_dst"]=>
bool(true)
["tz_abbr"]=>
string(3) "BST"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title><function>date_parse</function> with timezone identifier information</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(date_parse("June 2nd, 2022, 10:28:17 Europe/London"));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(14) {
["year"]=>
int(2022)
["month"]=>
int(6)
["day"]=>
int(2)
["hour"]=>
int(10)
["minute"]=>
int(28)
["second"]=>
int(17)
["fraction"]=>
float(0)
["warning_count"]=>
int(0)
["warnings"]=>
array(0) {
}
["error_count"]=>
int(0)
["errors"]=>
array(0) {
}
["is_localtime"]=>
bool(true)
["zone_type"]=>
int(3)
["tz_id"]=>
string(13) "Europe/London"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
If a more minimal <parameter>datetime</parameter> string is parsed, less
information is available. In this example, all the time parts are returned
as &false;.
<example>
<title><function>date_parse</function> with a minimal string</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(date_parse("June 2nd, 2022"));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(12) {
["year"]=>
int(2022)
["month"]=>
int(6)
["day"]=>
int(2)
["hour"]=>
bool(false)
["minute"]=>
bool(false)
["second"]=>
bool(false)
["fraction"]=>
bool(false)
["warning_count"]=>
int(0)
["warnings"]=>
array(0) {
}
["error_count"]=>
int(0)
["errors"]=>
array(0) {
}
["is_localtime"]=>
bool(false)
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
<link linkend="datetime.formats.relative">Relative formats</link> do not
influence the values parsed from absolute formats, but are parsed into the
"relative" element.
<example>
<title><function>date_parse</function> with relative formats</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(date_parse("2006-12-12 10:00:00.5 +1 week +1 hour"));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(13) {
["year"]=>
int(2006)
["month"]=>
int(12)
["day"]=>
int(12)
["hour"]=>
int(10)
["minute"]=>
int(0)
["second"]=>
int(0)
["fraction"]=>
float(0.5)
["warning_count"]=>
int(0)
["warnings"]=>
array(0) {
}
["error_count"]=>
int(0)
["errors"]=>
array(0) {
}
["is_localtime"]=>
bool(false)
["relative"]=>
array(6) {
["year"]=>
int(0)
["month"]=>
int(0)
["day"]=>
int(7)
["hour"]=>
int(1)
["minute"]=>
int(0)
["second"]=>
int(0)
}
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
Some stanzas, such as <literal>Thursday</literal> will set the time portion
of the string to <literal>0</literal>. If <literal>Thursday</literal> is
passed to <function>DateTimeImmutable::__construct</function> it would also
have resulted in the hour, minute, second, and fraction being set to
<literal>0</literal>. In the example below, the year element is however
left as &false;.
<example>
<title><function>date_parse</function> with side-effects</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
var_dump(date_parse("Thursday, June 2nd"));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(13) {
["year"]=>
bool(false)
["month"]=>
int(6)
["day"]=>
int(2)
["hour"]=>
int(0)
["minute"]=>
int(0)
["second"]=>
int(0)
["fraction"]=>
float(0)
["warning_count"]=>
int(0)
["warnings"]=>
array(0) {
}
["error_count"]=>
int(0)
["errors"]=>
array(0) {
}
["is_localtime"]=>
bool(false)
["relative"]=>
array(7) {
["year"]=>
int(0)
["month"]=>
int(0)
["day"]=>
int(0)
["hour"]=>
int(0)
["minute"]=>
int(0)
["second"]=>
int(0)
["weekday"]=>
int(4)
}
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>date_parse_from_format</function> for
parsing a <parameter>datetime</parameter> with a specific given format</member>
<member><function>checkdate</function> for Gregorian date validation</member>
<member><function>getdate</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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