Re: newbie date time question

On 06/22/2011 09:05 AM, David Nicholls wrote: > I'm trying to convert a date and time string using strtotime() > > The date and time strings are the first entry in each line in a csv file > in the form: > > 22/06/2011 9:47:20 PM, data1, data2,... > > I've been trying to use the following approach, without success: > > function read_data($filename) > { > $f = fopen($filename, 'r'); > while ($d = fgetcsv($f)) { > > $format = 'd/m/Y h:i:s'; > $dt = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $d[0]); > > $data[] = array(strtotime($dt), $d[1]); //convert date/time > } > fclose($f); > return $data; > } > > Obviously I'm not getting the $format line right, as the resulting $dt > values are empty. (I have previously used this reading process > successfully with better behaved date and time strings). > > Advice appreciated. > > DN I'm late to the party, but strtotime works great, though you need to give it what it expects: $ts = strtotime(str_replace('/', '-', $date)); -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com