How to format a string date in another format?

Question

A date is stored in my database like so:

2011-11-22 15:14:27

Is there a way to format it so it comes out like:

22nd November 2011

Thanks

Answer 1

<?php echo date('jS F Y',strtotime($dateVar)); ?>

See: http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

Answer 2

so you are mor flexible wih the format

function convertTime($time = FALSE, $to = FALSE){
    if(!$to) $to ='jS F Y';
    return date($to, strtotime($time));
}