note 52739 added to function.strtotime

Here is a slightly improved version of date_uk_to_american, posted by James McGuigan on 27-Dec-2004 08:31. Now you can use the function to parse a date string (user input) to show, whether it was recognized correctly. function date_uk_to_american($date, $replace_separator = FALSE) { $days = '0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01]'; $months= '0?[1-9]|1[0-2]'; $year = '\d{2}|\d{4}'; $non_alpha = '[^0-9a-zA-Z]+'; return preg_replace( "/^\s*($days)($non_alpha)($months)($non_alpha)($year)/", $replace_separator === FALSE ? '$3$2$1$4$5' : '$3'.$replace_separator.'$1'.$replace_separator.'$5', $date); } function parse_date($date) { return date("d.m.Y", strtotime(date_uk_to_american($date, '/'))); } //example: echo parse_date('3.12.83'); ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52739 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52739&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52739&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52739&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52739&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52739&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52739&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php