Using PHP to convert from one date format to another

Question

I'm looking to convert a date from one format to another.

This is my current date format:

2011-08-15 15:35:58

and I need to convert it into:

Mon, 15/08/2011 15:35

I can quite easily create this by cutting the last 3 characters from the time and then using str_replace to change '-' into '/' and so on, but I was wondering if there is there is a way to do this automatically using the date() function or something similar. I am also not sure how to generate the day of the week e.g. 'Mon', 'Tues' etc.

Hope someone can help. Thanks.

possible duplicate of [PHP convert one date into another date format](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167916/php-convert-one-date-into-another-date-format) — Pekka, Sep 23 '11 at 09:07
Formatting options: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php — Pekka, Sep 23 '11 at 09:07

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '11 at 09:07

4

This can be done easily using a combination of date() and strtotime():

$newDate = date('D, d/m/Y H:i', strtotime($oldDate));

answered Sep 23 '11 at 09:07

Dunhamzzz

14,682
4
50
74

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 09:07

1

Use strtotime and date functions:

$d = strtotime("2011-08-15 15:35:58");

var_dump(date( 'D, d/n/Y H:i',$d));

answered Sep 23 '11 at 09:07

Robik

6,047
4
31
41

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 09:12

0

This code work fine:

<?

$time = strtotime("2011-08-15 15:35:58");
echo date("D, d/m/y H:m", $time);

But be carefull, strtotime depends on timezone settings.

answered Sep 23 '11 at 09:12

neworld

7,757
3
39
61

Using PHP to convert from one date format to another

3 Answers3