WC_Product_CSV_Importer::parse_datetime_field │ public │ WC 1.0

Parse dates from a CSV. Dates can be Unix timestamps or in any format supported by strtotime().

Method of the class: WC_Product_CSV_Importer{}

No Hooks.

Returns

String|null.

Usage

$WC_Product_CSV_Importer = new WC_Product_CSV_Importer();
$WC_Product_CSV_Importer->parse_datetime_field( $value );

$value(string) (required)

Field value.

WC_Product_CSV_Importer::parse_datetime_field() WC Product CSV Importer::parse datetime field code ^{WC 10.8.1}

public function parse_datetime_field( $value ) {
	try {
		// If value is a Unix timestamp, convert it to a datetime string.
		if ( is_numeric( $value ) ) {
			$datetime = new DateTime( "@{$value}" );
			// Return datetime string in ISO8601 format (eg. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z) to preserve UTC timezone since Unix timestamps are always UTC.
			return $datetime->format( 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
		}
		// Check whether the value is a valid date string.
		if ( false !== strtotime( $value ) ) {
			// If the value is a valid date string, return as is.
			return $value;
		}
	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
		// DateTime constructor throws an exception if the value is not a valid Unix timestamp.
		return null;
	}
	// If value is not valid Unix timestamp or date string, return null.
	return null;
}