note 48510 added to function.strtotime

A slightly more advanced method for converting European / UK dates (DD-MM-YYYY) to US dates (MM-DD-YYYY) that <?php // helper function needed for date_uk_to_american($date) // implode_range('|', 7, 11, true) returns "7|07|8|08|9|09|10|11" function implode_range($seperator, $start, $end, $add_zeros=true) { $array_int = range($start, $end); if($add_zeros == false) { return implode($seperator,$array_int); } else { $array = array(); $digit_count = strlen("$end"); foreach($array_int as $number) { $string = "$number"; $array[] = $string; if(strlen($string) != $digit_count) { $array[] = str_pad($string, $digit_count, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT); } } return implode($seperator,$array); } } // converts (DD-MM-YY) into (MM-DD-YY) function date_uk_to_american($date) { $days = implode_range('|',0,12,true); $months = implode_range('|',0,30,true); $year = '\d{2}|\d{4}'; //$whitespace = '[\W\/-\\\\]{1,3}'; $non_alpha = '[^0-9a-zA-Z]+'; return preg_replace( "/^($days)($non_alpha)($months)($non_alpha)($year)$/", '$3$2$1$4$5', $date); } echo date_uk_to_american('3-12-82') . '<br>'; // 12-3-82 echo date_uk_to_american('9-31-2004') . '<br>'; // 9-31-2004 - non valid uk date - not converted echo date_uk_to_american('2004-12-01'). '<br>'; // 2004-12-01 - ISO date -not converted echo date_uk_to_american('01-02-04') . '<br>'; // 02-01-04 echo date_uk_to_american('04-02-01') . '<br>'; // 02-04-01 - can't detect YY-MM-DD dates with 2 digit years between 2000 and 2012 - so it ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+48510 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48510&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48510&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48510&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48510&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48510&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48510&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+48510&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php