date_parse_from_format

<?

$format = "j.n.Y H:i:sP";
$date = "3.2.2001 04:05:06+07:00";

$return = date_parse_from_format($format, $date);

print_r($return);

Array
(
    [year] => 2001
    [month] => 2
    [day] => 3
    [hour] => 4
    [minute] => 5
    [second] => 6
    [fraction] => 0
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )

    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )

    [is_localtime] => 1
    [zone_type] => 1
    [zone] => 25200
    [is_dst] => 
)