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# IntlDateFormatter::parse

# datefmt_parse

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::parse -- datefmt_parse — Parse string to a timestamp value

### Description

Object oriented style

public int IntlDateFormatter::parse ( string `$value` [, int `&$position` ] )

Procedural style

int datefmt_parse ( IntlDateFormatter `$fmt` , string `$value` [, int `&$position` ] )

Converts string $value to an incremental time value, starting at $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource

`value`

  string to convert to a time

`position`

  Position at which to start the parsing in $value (zero-based). If no error occurs before $value is consumed, $parse_pos will contain -1 otherwise it will contain the position at which parsing ended (and the error occurred). This variable will contain the end position if the parse fails. If $parse_pos > strlen($value), the parse fails immediately.

### Return Values

timestamp parsed value, or `FALSE` if value can't be parsed.

### Examples

Example #1 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'First parsed output is ' . $fmt->parse('Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT');
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'de-DE',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
?>`

Example #2 datefmt_parse() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'First parsed output is ' . datefmt_parse($fmt, 'Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT');
$fmt = datefmt_create(
'de-DE',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Second parsed output is ' . datefmt_parse($fmt, 'Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 1989 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00');
?`

The above example will output:

    First parsed output is 630201600
    Second parsed output is 630201600

### See Also

- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter
- datefmt_format() - Format the date/time value as a string
- datefmt_localtime() - Parse string to a field-based time value
- datefmt_get_error_code() - Get the error code from last operation
- datefmt_get_error_message() - Get the error text from the last operation.

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