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<refentry xml:id="function.date-parse-from-format" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>date_parse_from_format</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get info about given date formatted according to the specified format</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>date_parse_from_format</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>datetime</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>format</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Format accepted by <function>DateTime::createFromFormat</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>datetime</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       String representing the date/time.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <!-- See also &return.success; -->
  <para>
   Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>7.2.0</entry>
      <entry>
       The <literal>zone</literal> element of the returned array represents
       seconds instead of minutes now, and its sign is inverted. For instance
       <literal>-120</literal> is now <literal>7200</literal>.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>date_parse_from_format</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$date = "6.1.2009 13:00+01:00";
print_r(date_parse_from_format("j.n.Y H:iP", $date));
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
    [year] => 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] => 
)
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>DateTime::createFromFormat</function></member>
    <member><function>checkdate</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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