PHP strptime() Function

The PHP strptime() function parses a time/date generated with strftime() function. Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale() (LC_TIME).

Syntax

strptime(timestamp, format)

Parameters

format parameter string

Return Value

Returns an array or false on failure. The keys of the returned array are as follows:

• [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 timestamp part which was not recognized using the specified format.

Example: strptime() example

The example below shows the usage of strptime() function.

<?php
//specifying the format of date/time
$format = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S";
  
//parsing the current date/time
$today = strftime($format);
echo $today."\n";
print_r(strptime($today, $format));
?>

The output of the above code will be:

01/10/2021 13:48:59
Array
(
    [tm_sec] => 59
    [tm_min] => 48
    [tm_hour] => 13
    [tm_mday] => 1
    [tm_mon] => 9
    [tm_year] => 121
    [tm_wday] => 5
    [tm_yday] => 273
    [unparsed] => 
)

Example: another format

Consider the example below where some other format is used.

<?php
//specifying the format of date/time
$format = "%d %B, %Y  %I:%M:%S %p";
  
//parsing the current date/time
$today = strftime($format);
echo $today."\n";
print_r(strptime($today, $format));
?>

The output of the above code will be:

01 October, 2021  02:36:46 PM
Array
(
    [tm_sec] => 46
    [tm_min] => 36
    [tm_hour] => 14
    [tm_mday] => 1
    [tm_mon] => 9
    [tm_year] => 121
    [tm_wday] => 5
    [tm_yday] => 273
    [unparsed] => 
)