Add a DateTime::strtotime() method

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ Changelog
 
 --------
 
+## 1.3.0 - 2017-08-14
+
+### Added
+
+* [DateTime] Add a strtotime() method to make use of the standard php parsing.
+
+--------
+
 ## 1.2.1 - 2017-07-24
 
 ### Added

src/DateTime.php

@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ public static function mktime($hour, $minute, $second, $month, $day, $year)
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Convert a free format date to an instance.
+     *
+     * @param string $date The date to parse
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function strtotime($date)
+    {
+        $unix = strtotime($date);
+
+        return new static($unix);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Create a new instance from a unix timestamp.
      *

tests/DateTimeTest.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace duncan3dc\DateTests;
 
 use duncan3dc\Dates\DateTime;
+use duncan3dc\Dates\Interfaces\Days;
 
 class DateTimeTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,19 @@ public function testNow()
     }
 
 
+    public function testStrtotime1()
+    {
+        $expected = DateTime::now()->getNext(Days::TUESDAY);
+        $date = DateTime::strtotime("next tuesday");
+        $this->assertSame($expected->format("Y-m-d"), $date->format("Y-m-d"));
+    }
+    public function testStrtotime2()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException(\InvalidArgumentException::class, "An invalid unix timestamp was passed");
+        DateTime::strtotime("nope");
+    }
+
+
     public function testFormat1()
     {
         $unix = time();