What create_from_format to use for timestamps in php

Question

I am working on a PHP file were I am pulling in timestamps from a database that come out as

Tue Sep 22 16:11:12 EDT 2015
Mon Nov 16 07:42:31 EST 2015

I was wondering how to convert dates of this format into unix time format.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167916/convert-one-date-format-into-another-in-php — Nikola Miljković, Nov 16 '15 at 14:52
Possible duplicate of [How can I parse a date from a text file?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33650654/how-can-i-parse-a-date-from-a-text-file) — Andrius, Nov 16 '15 at 14:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '15 at 15:07

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You can use the DateTime object

$dateTime = new DateTime('Tue Sep 22 16:11:12 EDT 2015');

echo $dateTime->getTimestamp();

The result would be 1442952672

answered Nov 16 '15 at 15:07

Mihai Matei

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '15 at 09:12

If you look at the PHP manual for \DateTime::createFromFormat() or date(), you will find tables of codes accepted by \DateTime::createFromFormat(). Looking at them you will see that you need the following:-

$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('D M d H:i:s T Y', 'Tue Sep 22 16:11:12 EDT 2015');
echo $date->getTimestamp();

Demo.

The 'd' in the format string may need to be a 'j' if day numbers < 10 are single digit.

What create_from_format to use for timestamps in php

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