Does PHP have an inverse of the date() function (other than strtotime())?

Question

Is there a function that uses the date() format to interpret a string?

echo date(\'s-i-H d:m:Y\', 1304591364); // 34-29-17 05:05:2011

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Answer 1

You would typically use strtotime for that:

echo strtotime('2011-05-05 17:29:34');

From the manual:

strtotime — Parse about any English textual datetime description into a Unix timestamp

See valid date and time formats to be sure that the string you are passing in will be parsed correctly.