Convert UK-style date & time to UNIX timestamp (PHP >5.3)

Question

It is worth mentioning I'm using PHP 5.2 so can't use the DateTime class.

I have the following code:

$date_begin = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['dateBegin']);
$date_end   = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['dateEnd']);

Imagine they are now

$date_begin = "28/02/2015";
$date_end   = "22:00:00";

How can I convert this into a php/unix timestamp?

Thanks

possible duplicate of [How to convert UNIX timestamp to DateTime and vice versa?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/249760/how-to-convert-unix-timestamp-to-datetime-and-vice-versa) — , Feb 17 '15 at 03:57
This answer any help? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167916/convert-one-date-format-into-another-in-php — , Feb 17 '15 at 04:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '15 at 04:14

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If you flip the month and day values you can use strtotime.

$date_begin = preg_replace('~(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)~', "$2/$1/$3", "28/02/2015");
$date_end   = "22:00:00";
echo strtotime($date_begin . ' ' . $date_end);

answered Feb 17 '15 at 04:14

chris85

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