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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's strtotime

{% codeblock datetime/strtotime.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/datetime/strtotime.js raw on github %}

function strtotime(text, now) {
    // Convert string representation of date and time to a timestamp
    //
    // version: 1109.2015
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/strtotime
    // +   original by: Caio Ariede (http://caioariede.com)
    // +   improved by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +      input by: David
    // +   improved by: Caio Ariede (http://caioariede.com)
    // +   bugfixed by: Wagner B. Soares
    // +   bugfixed by: Artur Tchernychev
    // +   improved by: A. Matías Quezada (http://amatiasq.com)
    // +   improved by: preuter
    // +   improved by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // %        note 1: Examples all have a fixed timestamp to prevent tests to fail because of variable time(zones)
    // *     example 1: strtotime('+1 day', 1129633200);
    // *     returns 1: 1129719600
    // *     example 2: strtotime('+1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds', 1129633200);
    // *     returns 2: 1130425202
    // *     example 3: strtotime('last month', 1129633200);
    // *     returns 3: 1127041200
    // *     example 4: strtotime('2009-05-04 08:30:00');
    // *     returns 4: 1241418600
    var parsed, match, year, date, days, ranges, len, times, regex, i;

    if (!text) {
        return null;
    }

    // Unecessary spaces
    text = text.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '')
        .replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ')
        .replace(/[\t\r\n]/g, '')
        .toLowerCase();

    if (text === 'now') {
        return now === null || isNaN(now) ? new Date().getTime() / 1000 | 0 : now | 0;
    }

    match = text.match(/^(\d{2,4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})(?:\s(\d{1,2}):(\d{2})(?::\d{2})?)?(?:\.(\d+)?)?$/);
    if (match) {
        year = match[1] >= 0 && match[1] <= 69 ? + match[1] + 2000 : match[1];
        return new Date(year, parseInt(match[2], 10) - 1, match[3],
            match[4] || 0, match[5] || 0, match[6] || 0, match[7] || 0) / 1000 | 0;
    }

    date = now ? new Date(now * 1000) : new Date();
    days = {
        'sun': 0,
        'mon': 1,
        'tue': 2,
        'wed': 3,
        'thu': 4,
        'fri': 5,
        'sat': 6
    };
    ranges = {
        'yea': 'FullYear',
        'mon': 'Month',
        'day': 'Date',
        'hou': 'Hours',
        'min': 'Minutes',
        'sec': 'Seconds'
    };

    function lastNext(type, range, modifier) {
        var diff, day = days[range];

        if (typeof day !== 'undefined') {
            diff = day - date.getDay();

            if (diff === 0) {
                diff = 7 * modifier;
            }
            else if (diff > 0 && type === 'last') {
                diff -= 7;
            }
            else if (diff < 0 && type === 'next') {
                diff += 7;
            }

            date.setDate(date.getDate() + diff);
        }
    }
    function process(val) {
        var splt = val.split(' '), // Todo: Reconcile this with regex using \s, taking into account browser issues with split and regexes
            type = splt[0],
            range = splt[1].substring(0, 3),
            typeIsNumber = /\d+/.test(type),
            ago = splt[2] === 'ago',
            num = (type === 'last' ? -1 : 1) * (ago ? -1 : 1);

        if (typeIsNumber) {
            num *= parseInt(type, 10);
        }

        if (ranges.hasOwnProperty(range) && !splt[1].match(/^mon(day|\.)?$/i)) {
            return date['set' + ranges[range]](date['get' + ranges[range]]() + num);
        }
        if (range === 'wee') {
            return date.setDate(date.getDate() + (num * 7));
        }

        if (type === 'next' || type === 'last') {
            lastNext(type, range, num);
        }
        else if (!typeIsNumber) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    times = '(years?|months?|weeks?|days?|hours?|minutes?|min|seconds?|sec' +
        '|sunday|sun\\.?|monday|mon\\.?|tuesday|tue\\.?|wednesday|wed\\.?' +
        '|thursday|thu\\.?|friday|fri\\.?|saturday|sat\\.?)';
    regex = '([+-]?\\d+\\s' + times + '|' + '(last|next)\\s' + times + ')(\\sago)?';

    match = text.match(new RegExp(regex, 'gi'));
    if (!match) {
        return false;
    }

    for (i = 0, len = match.length; i < len; i++) {
        if (!process(match[i])) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    // ECMAScript 5 only
    //if (!match.every(process))
    //    return false;

    return (date.getTime() / 1000) | 0;
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [Raw function on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/datetime/strtotime.js)

Please note that php.js uses JavaScript objects as substitutes for PHP arrays, they are 
the closest match to this hashtable-like data structure. 

Please also note that php.js offers community built functions and goes by the 
[McDonald's Theory](https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d). We'll put online 
functions that are far from perfect, in the hopes to spark better contributions. 
Do you have one? Then please just: 

 - [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/datetime/strtotime.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
strtotime('+1 day', 1129633200);
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
1129719600
{% endcodeblock %}

### Example 2
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
strtotime('+1 week 2 days 4 hours 2 seconds', 1129633200);
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
1130425202
{% endcodeblock %}

### Example 3
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
strtotime('last month', 1129633200);
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
1127041200
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the datetime extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/datetime.html %}