Issue with converting date to a specific format

Asked Jul 03 '14 at 14:43

Active Jul 03 '14 at 14:46

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I have a date string value that changes everytime , sometimes it is for instance:

'14-30-06'
'30/06/2014'
'06/30/2014'
'30-06-14'
...

how can I do in PHP to convert the date I get whatever format it has to this format : m/d/Y ?

here is the code that I'm using and that did not work, I get 01/01/1970

$date = "14-30-06";
$dtFormat = "m/d/Y";
echo date($dtFormat, strtotime($date));

edited Jul 03 '14 at 14:46

pes502

asked Jul 03 '14 at 14:43

user3593154

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167916/convert-one-date-format-into-another-in-php?rq=1 – Funk Forty Niner Jul 03 '14 at 14:44
Use http://php.net/date_create_from_format. strtotime can be magical sometimes, but it's NOT omniscient, and if you're throwing randomish-garbage at it, don't be surprised if you get garbage back out. – Marc B Jul 03 '14 at 14:45
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...GIGO *as the 'ol saying goes.* – Funk Forty Niner Jul 03 '14 at 14:46
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[This answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/23087239/250259) explains how to do what you need – John Conde Jul 03 '14 at 14:48
my issue is that I do not know the format of the date I have but I do know the format to convert to. – user3593154 Jul 03 '14 at 14:55

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