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razel on 02/06/08

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create_timestamp

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Forms a php timestamp out of an date string i.e. create_timestamp(24.12.2007);

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function create_timestamp($date) { // Format : DD.MM.YYYY 
	if	(preg_match("/^([0-9]{1,2}).([0-9]{1,2}).([0-9]{4})$/i",$date))
		{
			$expDate=explode(".",$date);
			if(strlen($expDate[0])=="1"){$expDate[0]="0".$expDate[0];}
			if(strlen($expDate[1])=="1"){$expDate[1]="0".$expDate[1];}
			return mktime(0,0,0,$expDate[1],$expDate[0],$expDate[2]);
		}
	else return false;
}

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Posted By: jimmayes on February 26, 2008

$date = "02.26.2008"; // Format : DD.MM.YYYY echo strtotime($date);

strtotime() is your friend ;-) http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php

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