How to convert date to string date in php?

Question

I am trying to convert a date '2019-04-18' to something like this '18 Apr 2019' in php.

$date=date_create("2019-04-18");
echo date_format($date,'jS F Y');

It is giving me output like this :

18th April 2019

But i need output to be '18 Apr 2019' ie: 3 letters of month

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php – nologin Apr 18 '19 at 11:14 — nologin, Apr 18 '19 at 11:14
did u checked the given solutions – devpro Apr 18 '19 at 11:51 — devpro, Apr 18 '19 at 11:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:12

You need to use M here for month and d for day:

$date=date_create("2019-04-18");
echo date_format($date,'d M Y'); // 18 Apr 2019

According to PHP Manual:

d => Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros (e.g 01 to 31)

M => A short textual representation of a month, three letters (e.g Jan through Dec)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:13

0

You just need to tune date formatting like below,

echo date_format($date,'d M Y');

for more details or the link from where I created this format is here.

answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:13

Rahul

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:14

0

Instead of F and jS you need to use d and M

echo date_format($date,'d M Y');

The above script will print following output

// 18 Apr 2019

answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:14

Ayaz Ali Shah

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:16

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<?php 

$date=date_create("2019-04-18");
echo date_format($date,'jS M Y');

echo "<br>";
echo date_format($date,'j M Y');

answered Apr 18 '19 at 11:16

Kelvin KCS

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