PHP | date_parse() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP date_parse() Function.

The PHP date_parse() function accepts a date as a parameter, parses it and, returns information about the given date in form of an array.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

date_parse($date)

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Parameter Details

Sr.No	Parameter & Description
1	date(Mandatory) This is a date string (should be accepted by the strtotime()) for which you need the info about.

Return Value

It returns an array, containing information about the given date. Incase of failure, this function returns FALSE.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced as part of core PHP v 5.2.0 and, works with all the later versions.

Example1

Following example illustrates the usage of the PHP date_parse() function -

<?php
   print_r(date_parse("2009-11-09 07:30:25.5")); 
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Array
(
    [year] => 2009
    [month] => 11
    [day] => 9
    [hour] => 7
    [minute] => 30
    [second] => 25
    [fraction] => 0.5
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] =>
)

Example2

The following example below prints an information about the different dates -

<?php
   $date1 = date_parse("25-09-1989");  
   print_r($date1); 
   print("\n");
   $date2 = date_parse("14-02-2012");  
   print_r($date2); 
   print("\n");
   $date3 = date_parse("11-19-2005");  
   print_r($date3); 
   print("\n");
   $date4 = date_parse("17-07-2020");  
   print_r($date4); 
   print("\n");
   $date5 = date_parse("07-11-1995");  
   print_r($date5); 
   print("\n");
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Array
(
    [year] => 1989
    [month] => 9
    [day] => 25
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] =>
)

Array
(
    [year] => 2012
    [month] => 2
    [day] => 14
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] =>
)

Array
(
    [year] =>
    [month] =>
    [day] =>
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 1
    [warnings] => Array
        (
            [5] => Double timezone specification
        )

    [error_count] => 2
    [errors] => Array
        (
            [0] => Unexpected character
            [1] => Unexpected character
        )

    [is_localtime] => 1
    [zone_type] => 1
    [zone] => -68400
    [is_dst] =>
)

Array
(
    [year] => 2020
    [month] => 7
    [day] => 17
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] =>
)

Array
(
    [year] => 1995
    [month] => 11
    [day] => 7
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] =>
)

Example3

The following example, shows the usage of the date_parse() with relative formats -

<?php
   print_r(date_parse("2009-18-18"));
   print("\n");
   print_r(date_parse("1990-06-06 +52 week +25 hour"));
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -

Array
(
    [year] => 2009
    [month] => 1
    [day] => 1
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 1
    [errors] => Array
        (
            [6] => Unexpected character
        )

    [is_localtime] => 1
    [zone_type] => 1
    [zone] => -64800
    [is_dst] =>
)

Array
(
    [year] => 1990
    [month] => 6
    [day] => 6
    [hour] =>
    [minute] =>
    [second] =>
    [fraction] =>
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] =>
    [relative] => Array
        (
            [year] => 0
            [month] => 0
            [day] => 364
            [hour] => 25
            [minute] => 0
            [second] => 0
        )

)

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