note 76438 added to function.date

Here is a backward compatible version of dates_interconv http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php#71397 which also works with time (hours, minutes and seconds) and months in "M" format (three letters): <?php /** mod of http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php#71397 * Converts a date and time string from one format to another (e.g. d/m/Y => Y-m-d, d.m.Y => Y/d/m, ...) * * @param string $date_format1 * @param string $date_format2 * @param string $date_str * @return string */ function dates_interconv($date_format1, $date_format2, $date_str) { $base_struc = split('[:/.\ \-]', $date_format1); $date_str_parts = split('[:/.\ \-]', $date_str ); // print_r( $base_struc ); echo "\n"; // for testing // print_r( $date_str_parts ); echo "\n"; // for testing $date_elements = array(); $p_keys = array_keys( $base_struc ); foreach ( $p_keys as $p_key ) { if ( !empty( $date_str_parts[$p_key] )) { $date_elements[$base_struc[$p_key]] = $date_str_parts[$p_key]; } else return false; } // print_r($date_elements); // for testing if (array_key_exists('M', $date_elements)) { $Mtom=array( "Jan"=>"01", "Feb"=>"02", "Mar"=>"03", "Apr"=>"04", "May"=>"05", "Jun"=>"06", "Jul"=>"07", "Aug"=>"08", "Sep"=>"09", "Oct"=>"10", "Nov"=>"11", "Dec"=>"12", ); $date_elements['m']=$Mtom[$date_elements['M']]; } // print_r($date_elements); // for testing $dummy_ts = mktime( $date_elements['H'], $date_elements['i'], $date_elements['s'], $date_elements['m'], $date_elements['d'], $date_elements['Y'] ); return date( $date_format2, $dummy_ts ); } ?> Usage: <?php $df_src = 'd/m/Y H:i:s'; $df_des = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'; echo dates_interconv( $df_src, $df_des, '25/12/2005 23:59:59'); ?> Output: 2005-12-25 23:59:59 ---- Server IP: 80.64.47.13 Probable Submitter: 62.57.88.89 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76438 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76438 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76438 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php