current timestamp to string in php code example

Example 1: date to string php

$date_string_prepared = date_create("2020-08-07");
$date_string = $date_string_prepared->format("d M Y");
// result 07 Jul 2020

Example 2: php date to seconds

<?php
$str = 'Tue Dec 15 2009';
$timestamp = strtotime($str);
echo $timestamp;
//output: 1260831600
?>