11-22-2013
The great advantage of that naming convention is that the date and sort order are the same. so opendir and readdir into an array, then the last element of the sorted array will point to the most recent date
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
date_parse_from_format
DATE_PARSE_FROM_FORMAT(3) 1 DATE_PARSE_FROM_FORMAT(3)
date_parse_from_format - Get info about given date formatted according to the specified format
SYNOPSIS
array date_parse_from_format (string $format, string $date)
DESCRIPTION
Returns associative array with detailed info about given date.
PARAMETERS
o $format
- Format accepted by DateTime.createFromFormat(3).
o $date
- String representing the date.
RETURN VALUES
Returns associative array with detailed info about given date.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
date_parse_from_format(3) example
<?php
$date = "6.1.2009 13:00+01:00";
print_r(date_parse_from_format("j.n.Y H:iP", $date));
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[year] => 2009
[month] => 1
[day] => 6
[hour] => 13
[minute] => 0
[second] => 0
[fraction] =>
[warning_count] => 0
[warnings] => Array
(
)
[error_count] => 0
[errors] => Array
(
)
[is_localtime] => 1
[zone_type] => 1
[zone] => -60
[is_dst] =>
)
SEE ALSO
DateTime.createFromFormat(3), checkdate(3).
PHP Documentation Group DATE_PARSE_FROM_FORMAT(3)