Convert date to M-d-y format in PHP

Question

How do I change the date format using PHP? I have used the following code but it is displaying the date input field value as m-d-Y. Why it is changing the format?

  $effectivedate = date('M-d-Y', strtotime($empCompensationdata-effective_date));
 $effective_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($empCompensationdata-effective_date));
 $("#effective_date").val($effectivedate);
 $('#effective_date').attr('data-value', $effective_date);

Please include value of $empCompensationdata->effective_date — OIS, Jun 30 '15 at 13:26
O/P: 06-08-2015 ,But i want to this format Jun-08-2015 please check once.. — john david, Jun 30 '15 at 14:15
Yes i included $empCompensationdata->effective_date; and also i checked that date in console ie correct formate link (Jun-08-2015) , but appearing date in input field is showing this format 06-08-2015. — john david, Jun 30 '15 at 14:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 30 '15 at 13:28

The reason the value is displayed as M-d-Y is because that's what you're assigning to it with the val() method:

$effectivedate = date('M-d-Y', strtotime($empCompensationdata->effective_date));
 $effective_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($empCompensationdata->effective_date));
 $("#effective_date").val($effectivedate); //This variable contains "M-d-Y"
 $('#effective_date').attr('data-value', $effective_date);

So if you want to have Y-m-d, just change the assigning variable:

$("#effective_date").val($effective_date); //This variable contains "Y-m-d"

Convert date to M-d-y format in PHP

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