public static function dateParts($start_date)
    {
        $start = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($start_date));
        $date = array(
            'date' => mysql2date('j', $start, true),
            'month' => mysql2date('F', $start, true),
            'month_short' => substr(mysql2date('F', $start, true), 0, 3),
            'year' => mysql2date('Y', $start, true),
            'time' => mysql2date('H:i', $start, true),
        );

        return $date;
    }