SWI-Prolog -- parse

Documentation
- Reference manual
  - Built-in Predicates
    - Operating System Interaction
      - Dealing with time and date
        
        Time and date predicates
        
        get_time/1
        
        stamp_date_time/3
        
        date_time_stamp/2
        
        date_time_value/3
        
        format_time/3
        
        format_time/4
        
        parse_time/2
        
        parse_time/3
        
        day_of_the_week/2
- Packages

Availability::- use_module(library(date)).(can be autoloaded)

parse_time(+Text, ?Format, -Stamp)

Parse a textual time representation, producing a time-stamp. Supported formats for Text are in the table below. If the format is known, it may be given to reduce parse time and avoid ambiguities. Otherwise, Format is unified with the format encountered.

Name	Example
rfc_1123	`Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:29:44 GMT`
	`Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:29:44 +0000`
iso_8601	`2006-12-08T17:29:44+02:00`
	`20061208T172944+0200`
	`2006-12-08T15:29Z`
	`2006-12-08`
	`20061208`
	`2006-12`
	`2006-W49-5`
	`2006-342`