If the format of time is absolute time, the now parameter does not work. If the format of time is relative time, the relative time is provided by now, or if the current time is not provided. Returns -1 on failure.
<?php
echo strtotime ("now"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("10 September 2000"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("+1 day"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("+1 week"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("+1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("next Thursday"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("last Monday"), "\n";
?><?php
$str = 'Not Good';
if (($timestamp = strtotime($str)) === -1) {
echo "The string ($str) is bogus";
} else {
echo "$str == ". date('l dS of F Y h:i:s A',$timestamp);
}
?>
This effect is the same as using mktime().
<?php
echo strtotime ("now"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("10 September 2000"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("+1 day"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("+1 week"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("+1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("next Thursday"), "\n";
echo strtotime ("last Monday"), "\n";
?><?php
$str = 'Not Good';
if (($timestamp = strtotime($str)) === -1) {
echo "The string ($str) is bogus";
} else {
echo "$str == ". date('l dS of F Y h:i:s A',$timestamp);
}
?>
This effect is the same as using mktime().