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<?php
$dutch_date = "donderdag 27 maart 2014 00:30";
$dutch_day = array();
preg_match("#(?P<day_of_the_week>\w+)\ (?P<day>\d+)\ (?P<month>\w+)\ (?P<year>\d+)\ (?P<hour>\d+):(?P<minute>\d+)#s",$dutch_date, $dutch_day);
print_r($dutch_day);
?>