str to time code example

Example 1: php start of day epoch

$beginOfDay = strtotime("today", $timestamp);
$endOfDay   = strtotime("tomorrow", $beginOfDay) - 1;

Example 2: php date strtotime format

$date = '25/05/2010';
$date = str_replace('/', '-', $date);
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));

Example 3: strtotime format

$date = '25/05/2010';
$date = str_replace('/', '-', $date);
echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));

Example 4: str to datetime time

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime('03:55', '%H:%M').time()
datetime.time(3, 55)