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date gets converted to 1969 while using the php date function

Why do I get 1969 when I convert the following date to Y-m-d format.

$date1="01/02/2012";
echo date('Y-m-d',$date1);

NOTE: This is php4.

Solution

  • You need to convert the date string to a timestamp:

    echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date1));