Convert date string to unix timestamp

Question

I have a string:

Mon Jul 07 2014 13:47:03 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)

I want to convert to unix timestamp in PHP.

However using strtotime() does not work for me. Is there any other work around so I can get the unix timestamp from this string?

is that the exact string? Mon Jul .... Standard Time)? strtotime() is good, but you can't just throw anything you want it. you should strip off the "(Malay Penninsula Standard Time)" at least. — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Jul 7, 2014 at 21:55
Yes that is the exact string, i am trying to convert the lastdatemodified from a javascript function when it throws over the value to my php end — Jeremiah Lim
– Jeremiah Lim, Commented Jul 7, 2014 at 21:56

Thiago França · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-07 22:32:21Z

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First, strip (Malay Peninsula Standard Time) because you have one more time the timezone on GMT+0800, you can clean your datetime string with substr like

$dateString = "Mon Jul 07 2014 13:47:03 GMT+0800 (Malay Peninsula Standard Time)";
$dateString = substr($dateString, 0, strpos($dateString, '('));

after remove this you can use DateTime Object like

$date = new DateTime($dateString); //Mon Jul 07 2014 13:47:03 GMT+0800

echo $date->getTimestamp();

edited Jul 7, 2014 at 22:32

answered Jul 7, 2014 at 22:24

Thiago França

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Jeremiah Lim Over a year ago

Which function should i use to identify the column to strip?

Ali Over a year ago

@user3148070 You could always use string_replace

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