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<?php $input_date = '1/12/2015'; $date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $input_date); if (empty($date)) { $date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', $input_date); if (empty($date)) { throw new \Exception("Date field '$field' not in the required format (MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD)."); } } var_dump($date);