$datetime→strtodate()

Parse English textual datetime description into a formatted date string, or blank if not a date

Available since version 3.0.238.

Usage

// basic usage
$string = $datetime->strtodate(string $str);

// usage with all arguments
$string = $datetime->strtodate(string $str, $format = true, array $options = []);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
$strstring

Date/time string to parse

$format (optional)string array

Output format to use, or array for $options.

  • Omit or boolean true for default 'Y-m-d H:i:s'.
  • Specify date format string, see formats.
  • Specify boolean false for unix timestamp.
  • Specify array of options.
$options (optional)array

Can also be specified as 2nd argument. Options include:

  • emptyReturnValue (int|null|false): Value to return for empty or zero-only date strings Default:''
  • baseTimestamp (int|null): The timestamp which is used as a base for the calculation of relative dates.
  • inputFormat (string): Optional date format that given $str is in, if not strtotime() compatible.
  • outputFormat (string|bool): Format to return date string in, used only if $options specified for $format argument.
  • format (string|bool) Optional alias of outputFormat, used only if $options specified for $format argument.

Return value

string

Return string, returns blank string on fail.

$datetime methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.251