php create date time from string code example

Example 1: create date from string php

$element = '15-Feb-2009';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', $element);

Example 2: Convert String to Date and Date-Time in PHP

phpCopyecho $dateNew = DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d-Y', '03-08-2020')->format('Y/m/d');
//output: 2020/03/08