How to remove separator in date?

Question

how to remove the separator from the date input I have below

$date=$_POST["input"];
$new = date_format($date,"Y M D");

Answer 1

Try this one

<?php 

$date=$_POST["input"];

// prints the current time in date format  
echo date("Y M D", strtotime($date))."\n"; 

?>

Answer 2

Use date_create() to change datatype from string to date

$date=date_create($_POST["input"];);
echo date_format($date,"Y M D");

Answer 3

Use strtotime function convert date string into unix timestamp. Then convert into required format.

<?php 
    echo date("Y M D", strtotime($_POST["input"])); 
?>