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Convert a date format in PHP

I am trying to convert a date from yyyy-mm-dd to dd-mm-yyyy (but not in SQL); however I don't know how the date function requires a timestamp, and I can't get a timestamp from this string.

How is this possible?

Solution

  • Use strtotime() and date():

    $originalDate = "2010-03-21";
$newDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($originalDate));

    (See the strtotime and date documentation on the PHP site.)

    Note that this was a quick solution to the original question. For more extensive conversions, you should really be using the DateTime class to parse and format :-)