DateTime::createFromFormat in PHP < 5.3.0

Question

I\'m looking for a function identical to DateTime::createFromFormat but I need it to work in an environment running a version of PHP which is older than v5.3. Basically I ne

Answer 1

You can use Zend_Date class from Zend Framework: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.date.html

$date = new Zend_Date($string, $format);
$timestamp = $date->get();