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

The accepted answer is right IMO, but you can also use the OO syntax: DateTime::createFromFormat eg:

$dateTimeObject = \DateTime::createFromFormat('G:i', '9:30');
$dateTimeObject->format('H:i');

See http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php for formatting guides, and http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php for info on the method described above.