Parse a string to a date format

Why can I not parse a string to a date?

I use this function:


<?= CDateTimeParser::parse('2009-11-11 21:18:09','dd/MM/yyyy'); ?>

try


CDateTimeParser::parse('2009-11-11 21:18:09','yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss');

Oh, the last string is the format for the input value, not for the output format?

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/CDateTimeParser

"CDateTimeParser converts a date/time string to a UNIX timestamp according to the specified pattern."

"To format a timestamp to a date string, please use CDateFormatter."

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/CDateFormatter