Parse about any English textual datetime description into a Unix timestamp
Syntax
strtotime ( string $time [, int $now = time() ] ) : int
Parameters
timeA date/time string. Valid formats are explained in Date and Time Formats.
nowThe timestamp which is used as a base for the calculation of relative dates.
Return
Returns a timestamp on success, FALSE otherwise.
Examples
1 · time
<? $time = "t"; $return = strtotime($time); echo $return; ?>
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2 · now
<? $time = "t"; $now = time(); $return = strtotime($time, $now); echo $return; ?>
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3 · 1
<?
echo strtotime("now") . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 second") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 minute") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 hour") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 day") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 week") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 month") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 year") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("-1 year 1 month 1 week 1 day 1 hour 1 minute 1 second") . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 second") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 minute") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 hour") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 day") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 week") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 month") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 year") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 year 1 month 1 week 1 day 1 hour 1 minute 1 second") . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("last monday") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("next monday") . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 january 2000") . PHP_EOL;
echo strtotime("1 january 3000");
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4 · 2
<?
$string = "next monday";
$timestamp = strtotime($string);
if ($timestamp === false) {
echo "\"$string\" is invalid";
} else {
echo "\"$string\" is " . date('l \t\h\e jS \o\f F Y \a\t h:i:s A', $timestamp);
}
?>"next monday" is Monday the 25th of September 2023 at 12:00:00 AM
