# parseFloat: date and time from PHP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsefloat-date-and-time-from-php/322132>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 11, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsefloat-date-and-time-from-php/322132 "2011-05-11T13:28:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![dschmitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dschmitz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dschmitz)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parsefloat-date-and-time-from-php/322132/1 "2011-05-11T13:28:15Z")

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Hi all,

my swf gets the actual time and date from php on the remote server. this works fine:

```php
<?php   
//   
$serverdate=date("D M j G:i:s T Y");   
echo "&servdatephp=".$serverdate;   
//   
$servertime=time();    
echo "&servtimephp=".$servertime ;   
?>

```

however only with server with central european time (CEST). I got the following version for the middle european time server (MEST):

```php
<?php   
//   
$serverdate=date("D M j G:i:s T Y");  
$serverdate=str_replace("MEST", "CEST", $serverdate);  
$serverdate=str_replace("DST", "CEST", $serverdate);  
echo "&servdatephp=".$serverdate;   
//   
$servertime=time();   
echo "&servtimephp=".$servertime ;   
?>

```

Although the output of both php’s is the same, flash cannot interpret the second one (MEST) when php is loaded.

can anyone explain, what’s the difference? is evreything correct with parseFloat?

thanx,