parse time datetime php code example

Example 1: php string to date

$s = '06/10/2011 19:00:02';
$date = strtotime($s);
echo date('d/M/Y H:i:s', $date);
The above one is the one of the example of converting a string to date.
echo $s ->format('Y-m-d');
The above one is another method

Example 2: php datetime create

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', '15-12-2020');