getting date from string in object

Question

I save my dates as datetime in my db (e.g. 2013-09-23 15:00:00).

When I create an object I call this date by

$event->start

When I just echo it, I get the right value but it is a string and no longer a datetime. That is why this won't work:

date_format('d-m-Y', $event->start)

To use date() I need a timestamp, which I don't have. What is a possible solution?

I tried this:

date_format(strtotime($event->startdate), 'd-m-Y')

But still getting 'Date_format() expects parameter 1 to be DateTime'

SOLUTION

$dt = new DateTime($event->start);
echo $dt->format('d-m-Y');

please try to find the answer or question in stack overflow first then ask the question to avoid duplication. — Dhaval Bharadva, Sep 28 '13 at 08:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '13 at 08:13

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Have a look at strtotime(), which will give you a timestamp from a vaguely human readable date string. You can then use that in your date_format call, e.g.

$ts = strtotime($event->start);

if($ts !== FALSE)   // !== -1 in versions of PHP prior to 5.1.0
    $date = date_format("d-m-Y", $ts);

answered Sep 28 '13 at 08:13

slugonamission

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still getting the message saysing 'date_format() expects parameter 1 to be DateTime, string given' (see edit) – bflydesign Sep 28 '13 at 08:40
Oops, I thought `date_format` expected a timestamp, sorry! – slugonamission Sep 28 '13 at 08:55

Md. Sahadat Hossain · Answer 2 · 2013-09-28T08:22:25.263

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use strtotime to get datetime from a string

just try this

echo date('d-m-Y', strtotime($event->start))

edited Sep 28 '13 at 08:22

answered Sep 28 '13 at 08:15

Md. Sahadat Hossain

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 28 '13 at 08:16

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Use strtotime() for this.

Try this code.

$date = $event->start;
$my_date = date('d-m-Y', strtotime($date));
echo $my_date;

answered Sep 28 '13 at 08:16

Dhaval Bharadva

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getting date from string in object

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