convert date format in php code example
Example 1: php change date format
To convert the date-time format PHP provides strtotime() and date() function. We change the date format from one format to another.
Change YYYY-MM-DD to DD-MM-YYYY
<? php.
$currDate = "2020-04-18";
$changeDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($currDate));
echo "Changed date format is: ". $changeDate. " (MM-DD-YYYY)";
?>
Example 2: php convert string to date
$time = strtotime('10/16/2003');
$newformat = date('Y-m-d',$time);
echo $newformat;
Example 3: php convert us date to european
$originalDate = "2010-03-21";
$newDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($originalDate));
Example 4: convert string to date php
$s = '08/11/2010 19:37:02';
$date = strtotime($s);
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date);
Example 5: change date format php
$currDate = "2020-08-25";
$changeDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($currDate));
echo $changedDate;