note 120063 added to datetime.formats

When you've got external inputs that do not strictly follow the formatting and disambiguation rules, you may still be able to use the static method ::createFromFormat() to create a usable DateTime object <?php /** * Date values separated by slash are assumed to be in American order: m/d/y * Date values separated by dash are assumed to be in European order: d-m-y * Exact formats for date/time strings can be injected with ::createFromFormat() */ error_reporting(E_ALL); // THIS IS INVALID, WOULD IMPLY MONTH == 19 $external = "19/10/2016 14:48:21"; // HOWEVER WE CAN INJECT THE FORMATTING WHEN WE DECODE THE DATE $format = "d/m/Y H:i:s"; $dateobj = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $external); $iso_datetime = $dateobj->format(Datetime::ATOM); echo "SUCCESS: $external EQUALS ISO-8601 $iso_datetime"; // MAN PAGE: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 98.169.66.145 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/120063 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120063 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/120063 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php