Question

The code:

$expiration_date = "24th Dec, 2012";
var_dump( date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( $expiration_date )));;

The output:

string(10) "2011-12-24"

Why is PHP not parsing the year correctly (showing 2011 instead of 2012)?

PHP Version: 5.2.17 on Centos 5.7

Answer 1

strtotime() does not support the ordering of your date (see 2^nd table). Use the DateTime class instead:

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat("jS M, Y", "24th Dec, 2012");
var_dump($date->format('Y-m-d')); // string(10) "2012-12-24"