Definition and Usage
The strtotime() function parses an English textual date or time into a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).Syntax
strtotime(time,now)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| time | Required. Specifies the time string to parse |
| now | Optional. Specifies the timestamp used to calculate the returned value. If this parameter is omitted, current time is used |
Tips and Notes
Note: If the year is specified in a two-digit format, values between 0-69 are mapped to 2000-2069 and values between 70-100 are mapped to 1970-2000.Note: In PHP 5.1.0 this function returns false on failure (earlier versions returns -1).
Example
<?php
echo(strtotime("now") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("3 October 2005") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+5 hours") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+1 week") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+1 week 3 days 7 hours 5 seconds") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("next Monday") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("last Sunday"));
?>
echo(strtotime("now") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("3 October 2005") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+5 hours") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+1 week") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("+1 week 3 days 7 hours 5 seconds") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("next Monday") . "<br />");
echo(strtotime("last Sunday"));
?>
OUTPUT :
1138614504
1128290400
1138632504
1139219304
1139503709
1139180400
1138489200
1128290400
1138632504
1139219304
1139503709
1139180400
1138489200