Converts datetime to timestamp (uses mktime to create timestamp)
This function is PHP version safe, i.e. it always returns false in case of invalid datetime passed. Before PHP5.1 mktime returned -1 in case of error. Since PHP 5.1. mktime returns false in case of error.
Date format. Default is TANGRA_DATE_FORMAT_YYYYSMMSDD. Other options are TANGRA_DATE_FORMAT_DDSMMSYYYY, TANGRA_DATE_FORMAT_MMSDDSYYYY and TANGRA_DATE_FORMAT_YYYYMMDD