PHP Date from string - php

I have a specific date format that i need to convert to a normal looking date.
strtotime() isnt parsing it correctly.
$fulldate = 'Tue Feb 04 2014 09:30:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)';
echo $fulldate.'<br />';
echo strtotime($fulldate).'<br />';
echo date('Y-m-d g:i a', strtotime($fulldate));
Any Ideas?


You can simply use a DateTime object:
<?php
$fulldate = 'Tue Feb 04 2014 09:30:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)';
//remove everything between the brackets
$dateString = preg_replace("/\([^)]+\)/","",$fulldate);
//now, get your date object
$date = new DateTime($dateString);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>
Try the Fiddle here: http://ideone.com/odwtUH


It's not a standard date format because of the last part (between the brackets).
One idea:
$tokens = explode("(", $fulldate);
array_pop($tokens);
$fulldate = trim(join("(", $tokens));
echo strtotime($fulldate);

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Hi Friend You Can Use Carbon Package one of the most recomonded package. Please follow the code as below
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d = 2 digit month (with leading 0)
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i = minutes (with leading 0)
http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
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Agree with Erik, if you want to do it in one line.
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