(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
date_parse — Returns associative array with detailed info about given date/time
$datetime): array
   Returns array with information about the parsed date/time
   on success or false on failure.
  
In case the date/time format has an error, the element 'errors' will contains the error messages.
| Version | Description | 
|---|---|
| 7.2.0 | The zoneelement of the returned array represents
       seconds instead of minutes now, and its sign is inverted. For instance-120is now7200. | 
Example #1 A date_parse() example
<?php
print_r(date_parse("2006-12-12 10:00:00.5"));
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
    [year] => 2006
    [month] => 12
    [day] => 12
    [hour] => 10
    [minute] => 0
    [second] => 0
    [fraction] => 0.5
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array()
    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array()
    [is_localtime] => 
)
Relative formats do not influence the values parsed from absolute formats, but are parsed into the "relative" element.
Example #2 date_parse() with relative formats
<?php
print_r(date_parse("2006-12-12 10:00:00.5 +1 week +1 hour"));
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
    [year] => 2006
    [month] => 12
    [day] => 12
    [hour] => 10
    [minute] => 0
    [second] => 0
    [fraction] => 0.5
    [warning_count] => 0
    [warnings] => Array
        (
        )
    [error_count] => 0
    [errors] => Array
        (
        )
    [is_localtime] =>
    [relative] => Array
        (
            [year] => 0
            [month] => 0
            [day] => 7
            [hour] => 1
            [minute] => 0
            [second] => 0
        )
)