Hi Admin,

I was using the timeFromFormat method and getting a wrong result, So I checked the methods in dates.php (so I am using it wrong or there really is an error in the method)
ex:
input : StartDate & StartTime: string(10) "2016-10-27" & string( "16:09:00
call to method : $startunix = GuidemanHelperDates::timeFromFormat($data->start_date . ' ' . $data->start_time, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S');
Result:
In explodeDate() ==> Pos: array(7) { ["minute"]=> bool(false) ["year2"]=> bool(false) ["second"]=> bool(false) ["year4"]=> int(1) ["month"]=> int(4) ["day"]=> int(7) ["hour"]=> int(10) }
array(6) { ["year"]=> string(4) "2016" ["month"]=> string(2) "10" ["day"]=> string(2) "27" ["hour"]=> string(2) "16" ["minute"]=> string(2) "00" ["second"]=> string(2) "00" }

When you change the following code in the explodeDate() method:
//Prepare the search depending on attempted format
$pos = array();
$pos = strpos($format, "Y");
$pos = strpos($format, "y");
$pos = strpos($format, "m");
$pos = strpos($format, "d");

$pos = strpos($format, "H");
$pos = strpos($format, "i");
$pos = strpos($format, "s");
to :
//Prepare the search depending on attempted format
$pos = array();
$pos = strpos($format, "Y");
$pos = strpos($format, "y");
$pos = strpos($format, "m");
$pos = strpos($format, "d");

$pos = strpos($format, "H");
$pos = strpos($format, "M");
$pos = strpos($format, "S");

it works fine.
Result =
Pos: array(7) { ["year2"]=> bool(false) ["year4"]=> int(1) ["month"]=> int(4) ["day"]=> int(7) ["hour"]=> int(10) ["minute"]=> int(13) ["second"]=> int(16) }
array(6) { ["year"]=> string(4) "2016" ["month"]=> string(2) "10" ["day"]=> string(2) "27" ["hour"]=> string(2) "16" ["minute"]=> string(2) "09" ["second"]=> string(2) "00" }

Kind Regards,
Koen

M is the format for a short textual representation of a month, three letters, see php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

You should not format with %M, but with %i (correct php format)
The parameter declaration in timeFromFormat and explodeDate is wrong..

So: $startunix = GuidemanHelperDates::timeFromFormat($data->start_date . ' ' . $data->start_time, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s');
-> lowercase s

Exact.
The minutes are " i " in php.

Also, you can remove the % because this is old stuff. You don't need them at all.
Look at your component, we are not using that anymore.
and for the seconds, the 's' must be lowercase.

Hi Romkabouter and Admin, you are both right, I got misled by the param description in the comments of the method, I tried with %i and %s and it does not give a result (all zeroes), but if you drop the % like admin suggested it works fine. Thanks.