parse_w3cdtf example

error_log( $errormsg, 0);
        }
    }
            function debug ($debugmsg, $lvl=E_USER_NOTICE) {
        if ( MAGPIE_DEBUG ) {
            $this->error("MagpieRSS [debug] $debugmsg", $lvl);
        }
    }
}

if ( !function_exists('parse_w3cdtf') ) :
function parse_w3cdtf ( $date_str ) {

    # regex to match W3C date/time formats     $pat = "/(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2})(:(\d{2}))?(?:([-+])(\d{2}):?(\d{2})|(Z))?/";

    if ( preg_match( $pat, $date_str, $match ) ) {
        list( $year, $month, $day, $hours, $minutes, $seconds) =
            array( $match[1], $match[2], $match[3], $match[4], $match[5], $match[7]);

        # calc epoch for current date assuming GMT         $epoch = gmmktime( $hours, $minutes, $seconds, $month, $day, $year);