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rest_parse_date › WordPress Function

Since4.4.0
Deprecatedn/a
› rest_parse_date ( $date, $force_utc = false )
Parameters: (2)
  • (string) $date RFC3339 timestamp.
    Required: Yes
  • (bool) $force_utc Optional. Whether to force UTC timezone instead of using the timestamp's timezone. Default false.
    Required: No
    Default: false
Returns:
  • (int|false) Unix timestamp on success, false on failure.
Defined at:
Codex:

Parses an RFC3339 time into a Unix timestamp.

Explicitly check for false to detect failure, as zero is a valid return value on success.


Related Functions: rest_parse_hex_color, get_the_date, get_core_updates, rest_parse_request_arg, rest_parse_embed_param

Source 

function rest_parse_date( $date, $force_utc = false ) {
	if ( $force_utc ) {
		$date = preg_replace( '/[+-]\d+:?\d+$/', '+00:00', $date );
	}

	$regex = '#^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}[Tt ]\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z|[+-]\d{2}(?::\d{2})?)?$#';

	if ( ! preg_match( $regex, $date, $matches ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	return strtotime( $date );
}