Date Format in mm-dd-yyyy

Question

The below code displays date in yyyy-mm-dd

 <td>
<?php 
echo($data['Date']);?></td> 
  <td>

I want it in mm-dd-yyyy

possible duplicate of [Convert date in format MM/DD/YYYY to MySQL date](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19459119/convert-date-in-format-mm-dd-yyyy-to-mysql-date) — Saty, Jul 06 '15 at 05:43
possible duplicate of [Convert date format yyyy-mm-dd => dd-mm-yyyy](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2487921/convert-date-format-yyyy-mm-dd-dd-mm-yyyy) — Narendrasingh Sisodia, Jul 06 '15 at 05:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:45

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

answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:45

Bivin

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:46

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$s_date = $_POST['your_date_field'] // your date variable in  '2015-10-10 ' formate
echo date('m-d-Y',strtotime($s_date)) // return 10-10-2015

answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:46

Affan

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its displying like 01-01-1970 – User Jul 06 '15 at 05:53
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check your $)POST field if $_POST is null then it will display 01-01-1970 otherwise it will convert date .... – Affan Aug 19 '15 at 04:44

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:53

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Try this

Use strtotime($data['Date']) to convert string to date time

and the use date('m-d-Y',strtotime($data['Date'])) to format it to your requirement

<td>
<?php echo date('m-d-Y',strtotime($data['Date']));?>
</td>

answered Jul 06 '15 at 05:53

Dinuka Dayarathna

3 Answers3