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<h2 class="title">Compound Formats</h2>
<p class="para">
This page describes the different compound date/time formats that the
<span class="function"><a href="function.strtotime.html" class="function">strtotime()</a></span>, <a href="class.datetime.html" class="classname">DateTime</a> and
<span class="function"><a href="function.date-create.html" class="function">date_create()</a></span> parser understands.
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<table class="doctable table">
<caption><strong>Used Symbols</strong></caption>
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<th>Description</th>
<th>Formats</th>
<th>Examples</th>
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<td><em>DD</em></td>
<td>"0" [0-9] | [1-2][0-9] | "3" [01]</td>
<td>"02", "12", "31"</td>
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<td><em>doy</em></td>
<td>"00"[1-9] | "0"[1-9][0-9] | [1-2][0-9][0-9] | "3"[0-5][0-9] | "36"[0-6]</td>
<td>"36"[0-6] "000", "012", "366"</td>
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<td><em>frac</em></td>
<td>. [0-9]+</td>
<td>".21342", ".85"</td>
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<td><em>hh</em></td>
<td>"0"?[1-9] | "1"[0-2]</td>
<td>"04", "7", "12"</td>
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<td><em>HH</em></td>
<td>[01][0-9] | "2"[0-4]</td>
<td>"04", "7", "19"</td>
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<td><em>meridian</em></td>
<td>[AaPp] .? [Mm] .? [\0\t ]</td>
<td>"A.m.", "pM", "am."</td>
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<td><em>ii</em></td>
<td>[0-5][0-9]</td>
<td>"04", "8", "59"</td>
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<td><em>II</em></td>
<td>[0-5][0-9]</td>
<td>"04", "08", "59"</td>
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<td><em>M</em></td>
<td>'jan' | 'feb' | 'mar' | 'apr' | 'may' | 'jun' | 'jul' | 'aug' | 'sep' | 'sept' | 'oct' | 'nov' | 'dec'</td>
<td class="empty"> </td>
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<td><em>MM</em></td>
<td>[0-5][0-9]</td>
<td>"00", "12", "59"</td>
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<td><em>space</em></td>
<td>[ \t]</td>
<td class="empty"> </td>
</tr>
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<td><em>ss</em></td>
<td>[0-5][0-9]</td>
<td>"04", "8", "59"</td>
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<td><em>SS</em></td>
<td>[0-5][0-9]</td>
<td>"04", "08", "59"</td>
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<td><em>W</em></td>
<td>"0"[1-9] | [1-4][0-9] | "5"[0-3]</td>
<td>"05", "17", "53"</td>
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<td><em>tzcorrection</em></td>
<td>"GMT"? [+-] <em>hh</em> ":"? <em>MM</em>?</td>
<td>"+0400", "GMT-07:00", "-07:00"</td>
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<td><em>YY</em></td>
<td>[0-9]{4}</td>
<td>"2000", "2008", "1978"</td>
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<caption><strong>Localized Notations</strong></caption>
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<th>Description</th>
<th>Format</th>
<th>Examples</th>
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<td>Common Log Format</td>
<td><em>dd</em> "/" <em>M</em> "/" <em>YY</em> : <em>HH</em> ":" <em>II</em> ":" <em>SS</em> <em>space</em> <em>tzcorrection</em></td>
<td>"10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700"</td>
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<td>EXIF</td>
<td><em>YY</em> ":" <em>MM</em> ":" <em>DD</em> " " <em>HH</em> ":" <em>II</em> ":" <em>SS</em></td>
<td>"2008:08:07 18:11:31"</td>
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<td>ISO year with ISO week</td>
<td><em>YY</em> "-"? "W" <em>W</em></td>
<td>"2008W27", "2008-W28"</td>
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<td>ISO year with ISO week and day</td>
<td><em>YY</em> "-"? "W" <em>W</em> "-"? [0-7]</td>
<td>"2008W273", "2008-W28-3"</td>
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<td>MySQL</td>
<td><em>YY</em> "-" <em>MM</em> "-" <em>DD</em> " " <em>HH</em> ":" <em>II</em> ":" <em>SS</em></td>
<td>"2008-08-07 18:11:31"</td>
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<td>PostgreSQL: Year with day-of-year</td>
<td><em>YY</em> "."? <em>doy</em></td>
<td>"2008.197", "2008197"</td>
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<td>SOAP</td>
<td><em>YY</em> "-" <em>MM</em> "-" <em>DD</em> "T" <em>HH</em> ":" <em>II</em> ":" <em>SS</em> <em>frac</em> <em>tzcorrection</em>?</td>
<td>"2008-07-01T22:35:17.02", "2008-07-01T22:35:17.03+08:00"</td>
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<td>Unix Timestamp</td>
<td>"@" "-"? [0-9]+</td>
<td>"@1215282385"</td>
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<td>XMLRPC</td>
<td><em>YY</em> <em>MM</em> <em>DD</em> "T" <em>hh</em> ":" <em>II</em> ":" <em>SS</em></td>
<td>"20080701T22:38:07", "20080701T9:38:07"</td>
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<td>XMLRPC (Compact)</td>
<td><em>YY</em> <em>MM</em> <em>DD</em> 't' <em>hh</em> <em>II</em> <em>SS</em></td>
<td>"20080701t223807", "20080701T093807"</td>
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<td>WDDX</td>
<td><em>YY</em> "-" <em>mm</em> "-" <em>dd</em> "T" <em>hh</em> ":" <em>ii</em> ":" <em>ss</em></td>
<td>"2008-7-1T9:3:37"</td>
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
The "W" in the "ISO year with ISO week" and "ISO year with ISO week
and day" formats is case-sensitive, you can only use the upper case
"W".
</p>
<p class="para">
The "T" in the SOAP, XMRPC and WDDX formats is case-sensitive, you
can only use the upper case "T".
</p>
<p class="para">
The "Unix Timestamp" format sets the timezone to UTC.
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