date_parse_from_format Get info about given date formatted according to the specified format &reftitle.description; arraydate_parse_from_format stringformat stringdatetime Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time. &reftitle.parameters; format Format accepted by DateTime::createFromFormat. datetime String representing the date/time. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time. &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 7.2.0 The zone element of the returned array represents seconds instead of minutes now, and its sign is inverted. For instance -120 is now 7200. &reftitle.examples; <function>date_parse_from_format</function> example ]]> &example.outputs; 2009 [month] => 1 [day] => 6 [hour] => 13 [minute] => 0 [second] => 0 [fraction] => [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array ( ) [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array ( ) [is_localtime] => 1 [zone_type] => 1 [zone] => 3600 [is_dst] => ) ]]> &reftitle.seealso; DateTime::createFromFormat checkdate