date formatter 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: date time format php

$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");                 // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm