parsing - False dateresult using date() php -

parsing - False dateresult using date() php -

i want parse date 1938 1938+02:00 using date() & strtotime().

my code:

echo date("y", strtotime("1938+02:00"));

gives me result "2014"..

what doing wrong?

for first 4 characters of string. no need work dates , such:

echo substr('1938+02:00', 0, 4);

demo

but if insist on using date functionality you'll need utilize datetime::createfromformat() date string not standard format.

$date = datetime::createfromformat('yp', '1938+02:00'); echo $date->format('y');

demo

php parsing date strtotime