How would I change one date format to another in PHP

Question

How would I change the date 18/08/2018 10:46:15 pm to Sat 25, 10:46:15 pm in PHP. I am doing the following:

```

$OldDate = "18/08/2018 10:46:15 pm";
$NewDate = $OldDate->format(D-j, Y-H:I:S);
echo $NewDate;

?>```

However, it is not showing anything, am I formatting it correctly?

Is your question about the syntax error / unquoted format string? If so, what's your IDE? — mario, Aug 13 '18 at 00:13
You've both missed the quotes in `format()` and used formatting letters that won't give you the desired result. — Obsidian Age, Aug 13 '18 at 00:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 13 '18 at 00:16

Your old date is just a string. If you want to format it, you need to create a DateTime object using that string the constructor.

You're also incorrectly specifying the format

$OldDate = new DateTime("18/08/2018 10:46:15 pm");
echo $OldDate->format("L-j, h:i:s A");

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