datetime convert 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;
// 2003-10-16

Example 3: string to datetime php

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

Example 4: change date format php

$currDate = "2020-08-25";
$changeDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($currDate));
echo $changedDate;

Example 5: Convert String to Date and Date-Time in PHP

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