Honestly, I wasn't even asking about the help file. I don't really care about the help file. Not saying that it couldn't use some more information, but that's not why I came here. My elaboration was strictly so I could analyze the mechanics of how $ctime() works in order to become a better beta tester.
Though feel free to borrow from this.
$ctime(text)
Returns the number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970 based on the date that you specify.
Accepts any date format that contains "Jan" to "Dec" for month, numbers 1 to 31 for day, numbers 32 to 99 or 1601 to 9999 for year, or the shorthand d/m/y, y/m/d, d-m-y, and y-m-d. But not m/d/y or m-d-y. Optionally, may also include the time of day in h:m or h:m:s as 12h or 24h format.
$ctime(January 1 1970 00:00:00)
$ctime(3rd August 1987 3:46pm)
$ctime(21/4/72 1:30:37)
$ctime(Wed 1998-3-27 21:16)
