php date object from string code example

Example 1: string to datetime php

$s = '06/10/2011 19:00:02';
$date = strtotime($s);
echo date('d/M/Y H:i:s', $date);

Example 2: php datetime create

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', '15-12-2020');

Example 3: datetime php

$dateTime = new \DateTime();
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');