title: date_create_from_format equivalent for PHP 5.2 (or lower)
body: <p>I'm working with PHP 5.3 on my local machine and needed to parse a UK date format (dd/mm/yyyy).  I found that <code>strtotime</code> didn't work with that date format, so I used <code>date_create_from_format</code> instead - which works great.</p>
  
  <p>Now, my problem is that my staging server is running PHP 5.2, and <code>date_create_from_format</code> doesn't work on that version. (It's a shared server, and wouldn't have a clue how to upgrade it to PHP 5.3)</p>
  
  <p>So is there a similar function to <code>date_create_from_format</code> that I can use? Bespoke or PHP native?</p>