Create date from string

DefaultController.php

<?php

setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL);
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'pt_BR');

$time = "segunda-feira, 28 de julho de 2014 10h10min07s UTC-3";

$timeParts = explode(',', $time);

$timeParsed = strptime(
    end($timeParts),
    '%d de %B de %Y %Hh%Mmin%Ss'
);

$createdAt = date('Y-m-d h:i:s', mktime(
    $timeParsed['tm_hour'],
    $timeParsed['tm_min'],
    $timeParsed['tm_sec'],
    1,
    $timeParsed['tm_yday'] + 1,
    $timeParsed['tm_year'] + 1900
));

echo $createdAt;