<?PHP 
 
ECHO STRTOTIME ("now"), "\n"; 
ECHO STRTOTIME ("10 September 2000"), "\n"; 
ECHO STRTOTIME (" 1 day"), "\n"; 
ECHO STRTOTIME (" 1 week"), "\n"; 
ECHO STRTOTIME (" 1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds"), "\n"; 
ECHO STRTOTIME ("next Thursday"), "\n"; 
ECHO STRTOTIME ("last Monday"), "\n"; 
?> 
 
Checking for failure 
<?PHP 
$str = 'Not Good'; 
IF (($timestamp = STRTOTIME($str)) === -1) { 
    ECHO "The string ($str) is bogus"; 
} ELSE { 
    ECHO "$str == ". DATE('l dS of F Y h:i:s A',$timestamp); 
} 
?>