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# DateFormatter::parse

# datefmt_parse

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datefmt_parse — Parse string to a timestamp value

### Description

Object oriented style

DateFormatter
integer parse ( string `$value` , integer `$parse_pos` )

Procedural style

integer datefmt_parse ( DateFormatter `$fmt` , string `$value` , integer `$parse_pos` )

Converts string $value to an incremental time value, starting at $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource

`value`

  string to convert to a time

`parse_pos`

  Position at which to start the parsing in $value (zero-based). If no error occurs before $value is consumed, $parse_pos will contain -1 otherwise it will contain the position at which parsing ended (and the error occurred). This variable will contain the end position if the parse fails. If $parse_pos > strlen($value), the parse fails immediately.

### Return Values

timestamp parsed value

### Examples

Example#1 datefmt_parse() example

`<?php
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First parsed output is ".$fmt->parse("Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT");
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second parsed output is ".$fmt->parse("Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00");
?>`

Example#2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First parsed output is ".datefmt_parse( $fmt , "Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT");
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second parsed output is ".datefmt_parse( $fmt , "Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 1989 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00");
?>`

The above example will output:

    First parsed output is 630201600
    Second parsed output is 630201600

### See Also

- datefmt_create()
- datefmt_format()
- datefmt_localtime()
- datefmt_get_error_code()
- datefmt_get_error_message()

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