Convert a date to a timestamp

[rickead2000]

Hi,

I need to convert a date to a timestamp.

e.g. 23/01/2006 into a unix timestamp.

Is there a function that can do this?

[rickead2000]

I have just found out how to do it using strtotime().

However, is there a way I can alter the date format it expects? (i.e. to UK English format?)

[Installer]

This page shows the different formats strtotime() will work with. To convert to one of those (or a few other unlisted ones; experiment) you can just do some simple string manipulation. Your example:

$date = '23/01/2006';
$date = str_replace('/', '-', $date);
$timestamp = strtotime($date);