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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">variant_date_to_timestamp</span> — <span class="dc-title">Converts a variant date/time value to Unix timestamp</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>variant_date_to_timestamp</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.variant.html" class="type variant">variant</a></span> <code class="parameter">$variant</code></span>
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Converts <em><code class="parameter">variant</code></em> from a <strong><code>VT_DATE</code></strong>
(or similar) value into a Unix timestamp. This allows easier
interopability between the Unix-ish parts of PHP and COM.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">variant</code></em></span>
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The variant.
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Returns a unix timestamp.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.variant-date-from-timestamp.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">variant_date_from_timestamp()</a> - Returns a variant date representation of a Unix timestamp</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.date.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">date()</a> - Format a local time/date</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.strftime.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">strftime()</a> - Format a local time/date according to locale settings</span></li>
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