Extrating value from json response

Question

I am getting json response like this

"created_at"
        ]=>string(30)"Thu Mar 13 14:24:13 +0000 2014"

I want to extract date, time, month seperately. Is it possible via regex?

UPDATE:

i want date, time month each in seperate variable.

Answer 1

Without testing you could do something like

$response = json_decode(/* json string */);

$dt new DateTime(response->created_at);

$date = $dt->format('m/d/Y');
$time = $dt->format('H:i:s');

$month = $dt->format('m');

This is if your json is valid

Answer 2

Try using DateTime's createFromFormat method. A regex would perform better, but this is a bit easier to read and understand.

$created_at = $thing->created_at;
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('D M d H:m:s O Y', $created_at); // this might be overly verbose

echo $date->format('Y-m-d'); // 2014-03-13
echo $date->format('H:m:s'); // 14:24:13

Look here to format the dates.