date_parse_from_format

Get info about given date formatted according to the specified format.

date_parse_from_format Function synopsis

date_parse_from_format(string $format, string $datetime): array

Parameters

$format

Typestring

Documentation on how the $format is used, please refer to the documentation of DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat. The same rules apply.

$datetime

Typestring

String representing the date/time.

Return value

Typearray

Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time.

The returned array has keys for year, month, day, hour, minute, second, fraction, and is_localtime.

If is_localtime is present then zone_type indicates the type of timezone. For type 1 (UTC offset) the zone, is_dst fields are added; for type 2 (abbreviation) the fields tz_abbr, is_dst are added; and for type 3 (timezone identifier) the tz_abbr, tz_id are added.

The array includes warning_count and warnings fields. The first one indicate how many warnings there were. The keys of elements warnings array indicate the position in the given $datetime where the warning occurred, with the string value describing the warning itself. An example below shows such a warning.

The array also contains error_count and errors fields. The first one indicate how many errors were found. The keys of elements errors array indicate the position in the given $datetime where the error occurred, with the string value describing the error itself. An example below shows such an error.

The number of array elements in the `warnings` and
`errors` arrays might be less than
`warning_count` or `error_count` if they
occurred at the same position.