考虑到函数strptime()不适用于Windows, strtotime()可能会返回意外的结果，我建议使用date_parse_from_format():

$date = date_parse_from_format('d-m-Y', '22-09-2008');
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date['month'], $date['day'], $date['year']);

以下是我的做法:

function dateToTimestamp($date, $format, $timezone='Europe/Belgrade')
{
    //returns an array containing day start and day end timestamps
    $old_timezone=date_timezone_get();
    date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
    $date=strptime($date,$format);
    $day_start=mktime(0,0,0,++$date['tm_mon'],++$date['tm_mday'],($date['tm_year']+1900));
    $day_end=$day_start+(60*60*24);
    date_default_timezone_set($old_timezone);
    return array('day_start'=>$day_start, 'day_end'=>$day_end);
}

$timestamps=dateToTimestamp('15.02.1991.', '%d.%m.%Y.', 'Europe/London');
$day_start=$timestamps['day_start'];

这样，您可以让函数知道您使用的日期格式，甚至可以指定时区。

对于PHP >=5.3, 7和8，这可能工作-

$date = date_parse_from_format('%Y-%m-%d', "2022-11-15"); //here you can give your desired date in desired format. 
                                                           //just need to keep in mind that date and format matches.

$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date['month'], $date['day'], $date['year'] + 2000); //this will return the timestamp

$finalDate= date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp); //now you can convert your timestamp to desired dateTime format.

文档:

date_parse_from_format () mktime () 日期()

<?php echo date('U') ?>

如果你愿意，把它放在一个MySQL输入类型时间戳中。上面的代码运行得很好(仅适用于PHP 5或更高版本):

<?php $timestamp_for_mysql = date('c') ?>

下面是一个非常简单而有效的解决方案，使用split和mtime函数:

$date="30/07/2010 13:24"; //Date example
list($day, $month, $year, $hour, $minute) = split('[/ :]', $date); 

//The variables should be arranged according to your date format and so the separators
$timestamp = mktime($hour, $minute, 0, $month, $day, $year);
echo date("r", $timestamp);

这对我来说就像魔法一样。

还有strptime()，它只需要一种格式:

$a = strptime('22-09-2008', '%d-%m-%Y');
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $a['tm_mon']+1, $a['tm_mday'], $a['tm_year']+1900);

警告:

Windows系统不支持该功能 该函数在PHP 8.1.0中已弃用。非常不鼓励依赖这个函数。