Returns associative array with detailed info about given date date_offset_get date_sub Date/Time Functions PHP Manual date_parse (PHP 5 >= 5.1.3)date_parse — Returns associative array with detailed info about given date Description array date_parse ( string $date ) Parameters date Date in format accepted by strtotime(). Return Values Returns array with information about the parsed date on success, or FALSE on failure. Errors/Exceptions In case the date format has an error, the element 'errors' will contains the error messages. Examples Example #1 A date_parse() example <?phpprint_r(date_parse("2006-12-12 10:00:00.5"));?> The above example will output: Array ( [year] => 2006 [month] => 12 [day] => 12 [hour] => 10 [minute] => 0 [second] => 0 [fraction] => 0.5 [warning_count] => 0 [warnings] => Array() [error_count] => 0 [errors] => Array() [is_localtime] => ) See Also getdate() date_offset_get date_sub Date/Time Functions PHP Manual