Format time display only date in php

Question

I want to display only date from the below function.

$this->formatTime($item->getCreatedTime(), 'short', true);

This displays both date and time of creation something like:

3/21/2017 11:42 AM

I want only 3/21/2017

Possible duplicate of [Convert one date format into another in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167916/convert-one-date-format-into-another-in-php) — Lukas Körfer, Mar 21 '17 at 08:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:19

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Try this:

date('m/d/Y', strtotime($item->getCreatedTime()));

answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:19

Mayank Pandeyz

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:20

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You can try this

$date = $this->formatTime($item->getCreatedTime(), 'short', true);

$newdate = date('m/d/Y', strtotime($date));

echo $newdate; // Output : 3/21/2017

answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:20

Chetan Panchal

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:21

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You can use date format

 echo date('m/d/Y', $this->formatTime($item->getCreatedTime(), 'short', true));

answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:21

Nishant Nair

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 21 '17 at 10:36

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Answers by other users are not correct, using date will not take Magento's time zone configuration into account.

Instead following should be used:

Mage::getModel('core/date')->date('m/d/Y', $item->getCreatedTime());

answered Mar 21 '17 at 10:36

Mladen Ilić

Yes, however using PHP's `date` function will lead to inaccurate dates due to Magento's timezone settings. This is why using Magento's `core/date` model should be used instead. :) – Mladen Ilić Mar 21 '17 at 11:52

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