# strptime

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

strptime — Parse a time/date generated with strftime()

### Description

array strptime ( string `$date` , string `$format` )

strptime() returns an array with the `date` parsed, or `FALSE` on error.

Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale() (LC_TIME).

> Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.

### Parameters

`date` (string)

  The string to parse (e.g. returned from strftime())

`format` (string)

  The format used in `date` (e.g. the same as used in strftime()).

  For more information about the format options, read the strftime() page.

### Return Values

Returns an array, or `FALSE` on failure.

The following parameters are returned in the array
parameters | Description
--- | ---
tm_sec | Seconds after the minute (0-61)
tm_min | Minutes after the hour (0-59)
tm_hour | Hour since midnight (0-23)
tm_mday | Day of the month (1-31)
tm_mon | Months since January (0-11)
tm_year | Years since 1900
tm_wday | Days since Sunday (0-6)
tm_yday | Days since January 1 (0-365)
unparsed | the `date` part which was not recognized using the specified `format`

### Examples

Example#1 strptime() example

`<?php
$format = '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S';
$strf = strftime($format);
echo "$strf\n";
print_r(strptime($strf, $format));
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    03/10/2004 15:54:19

    Array
    (
        [tm_sec] => 19
        [tm_min] => 54
        [tm_hour] => 15
        [tm_mday] => 3
        [tm_mon] => 9
        [tm_year] => 104
        [tm_wday] => 0
        [tm_yday] => 276
        [unparsed] =>
    )

### See Also

- strftime()