date_parse()

The date_parse() is an built-in function in PHP which is used to find the detailed information about a specified date.

Syntax

date_parse($date);

The $date parameter is mandatory. The date_parse() function returns an associative array of detailed information for a specified date on success, and returns false on failure.

Example

The example below gets an array from the date_parse() function, and prints out various elements from it:

<?php
  print_r(date_parse("2023-06-27 11:27:40"));
?>

The output will be as follows:

Array
(
    [year] => 2023
    [month] => 6
    [day] => 27
    [hour] => 11
    [minute] => 27
    [second] => 40
    [fraction] => 0
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )
    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )
    [is_localtime] =>
)