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