date('Ymd') to date('U')

[jsteudl]

I already have dates posted in a Table formated date('Ymd') how can I convert them into date('U')

Thanx!

Jack

[Frederick]

you can't, you should input using time() first then convert into something else. date("U") is the same as time().

[devinemke]

Originally posted by Frederick
you can't...

sure you can:

$date = '20041227'; // a date in "Ymd" format
echo strtotime($date); // the UNIX timestamp of the given date