How to convert date into US formatting in PHP?

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PHP: convert date format yyyy-mm-dd => dd-mm-yyyy [NOT IN SQL]

Hope everyone is having a great holiday.

I have a date in this format: 23-12-2011 and would like to reverse it into US format 2011-12-23.

Does anyone know how I can do this in PHP? Is there any function for breaking strings up?

Please, use the search function next time! – Ferdinand Beyer Dec 23 '11 at 11:02 — Ferdinand Beyer, Dec 23 '11 at 11:02

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '11 at 10:10

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$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', '23-12-2011');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d');

answered Dec 23 '11 at 10:10

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+1 for suggesting `DateTime`. – N.B. Dec 23 '11 at 10:12
Thanks for the code and the link - will check out the documentations later. – Helen Neely Dec 23 '11 at 10:24

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '11 at 10:10

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date("Y-m-d", strtotime("23-12-2011"))

answered Dec 23 '11 at 10:10

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