Posted by Michel on 07/20/05 18:53

have the monthnames in an array.
split on spaces
loop array until you find the right month
add 1 (or have array[0]='none'; )
put string together in your format
done

"DJ Craig" <spit@djtricities.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to convert this date:
> 12 May1868
> Into this:
> 18690512
> That's YYYYMMDD. So first I need to convert it to a UNIX time stamp
> using the strtotime() function, then convert it to YYYYMMDD. This
> works for more rescent dates:
> $d = date('Ymd', strtotime($d));
> I tested that with 19 July2005, and it worked. But the strtotime()
> function seems to return -1 for dates before the UNIX epoch. How can I
> convert these dates?
>

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