# variant_date_to_timestamp

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

variant_date_to_timestamp — Converts a variant date/time value to Unix timestamp

### Descripción

variant_date_to_timestamp(variant `$variant`): ?int

Converts `variant` from a `VT_DATE` (or similar) value into a Unix timestamp. This allows easier interopability between the Unix-ish parts of PHP and COM.

### Parámetros

`variant`

  The variant.

### Valores devueltos

Returns a unix timestamp, or `null` on failure.

### Ver también

- variant_date_from_timestamp() - Returns a variant date representation of a Unix timestamp
- date() - Dar formato a la fecha/hora local
- strftime() - Formatea una fecha/hora local según una configuración local