:D

<?php
$months = array(1 => "January", 2 => "Febuary", 3 => "March", 4 => "April", 5 => "May", 6 => "June", 7 => "July", 8 => "August", 9 => "September", 10 => "October", 11 => "November", 12 => "December",);
$string = '16/12/2011';
$str = explode('/', $string);
$day = $str[0];
$mon = $months[intval($str[1])];
$year = $str[2];
$fixed_date = "$day $mon $year";
$fixed_time = strtotime($fixed_date);
if(!$fixed_time){
    echo "Not going to work";
}else{
    echo $fixed_time;
}
//Also, Nick's an idiot. :P
?>