Parses an RFC3339 time into a Unix timestamp.

$date string Required

RFC3339 timestamp.

$force_utc bool Optional

Whether to force UTC timezone instead of using the timestamp's timezone.

Default: false

int Unix timestamp.

File: wp-includes/rest-api.php. View all references

function rest_parse_date( $date, $force_utc = false ) {
	if ( $force_utc ) {
		$date = preg_replace( '/[+-]\d+:?\d+$/', '+00:00', $date );
	}

	$regex = '#^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}[Tt ]\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}(?:\.\d+)?(?:Z|[+-]\d{2}(?::\d{2})?)?$#';

	if ( ! preg_match( $regex, $date, $matches ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	return strtotime( $date );
}