PHP date_parse() function

Last Updated : 17 Mar 2025

This date function work same as date_parse_from_format() that provides the complete information about the particular date in an specified format and return data in form of array.

Syntax

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required/Optional
date	Specifies a date	Required

Return

This function returns array with information about the parsed date on success or FALSE on failure.

Example 1

<?php
print_r(date_parse("2018-07-10 12:30:45.5"));
?>

Output:

Array ( [year] => 2018 [month] => 7 [day] => 10 [hour] => 12 [minute] => 30 [second] 
=> 45 [fraction] => 0.5 [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array

Example 2

<?php
print_r(date_parse("2020-07-10 01:30:60.0"));
?>

Output:

Array ( [year] => 2020 [month] => 7 [day] => 10 [hour] => 1 [minute] => 30 [second] 
=> 60 [fraction] => 0 [warning_count] => 1 [warnings] => Array ( [22] => The parsed time was invalid )
 [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array ( ) [is_localtime] => )

Example 3

<?php
print_r(date_parse("2018-7-12 12:00:00.5"));
?>

Output:

Array ( [year] => 2018 [month] => 7 [day] => 12 [hour] => 12 [minute] => 0 [second] 
=> 0 [fraction] => 0.5 [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array ( )

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