PHP Convert Number to Date

Question

I have the following numbers (actually I have to get these from a text file enclosed in " ").
How do I turn these into a date?
101887 (turns to October 18, 1987)
022500 (turns to February 25, 2000)

`$dto = DateTime::createFromFormat('mdy', '101887');` Then you can format it however you want using the format() method, [e.g](https://3v4l.org/UKp4E) — Mark Baker, Jan 23 '16 at 15:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '16 at 15:15

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You can accomplish this by parsing the string and then feeding it into strtotime and then date:

$str = '101887';
$str = $str[0].$str[1].'/'.$str[2].$str[3].'/'.$str[4].$str[5];
echo date('F jS, Y', strtotime($str));

answered Jan 23 '16 at 15:15

wogsland

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Just what I needed. Thank you so much! :) – rekt Jan 23 '16 at 15:32
Glad I could help! Don't forget to upvote if you found it useful ;) – wogsland Jan 23 '16 at 15:33

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