Question

I am using strtotime to parse a date that is like 10:24 AM 22-Sep I was then parseing this thru checkdate

 $pickup_time = strtotime($pickupTime);
 if (!checkdate(date(n,$pickup_time) ,date(j,$pickup_time), date(Y,$pickup_time)));
 {  
 echo json_encode(array("msg"=>"Nice one, that date doesn't exist. Try again.","status"=>"false")); 
 break;     
 }

But strtotime converts bad dates to the next logical date it would seem. So 31st Sep becomes 1 October. Completely voiding the checkdate function. Should you be able to use strtotime() to check for valid dates?

Answer 1

strtotime() doesn’t have built-in validation of dates, so if you need it – perform it manually

ps: it is wrong writing date(n,$pickup_time). As long as n is a string – put it within quotes: date('n', $pickup_time)