php convert date format 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: php convert us date to european

$originalDate = "2010-03-21";
$newDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($originalDate));

Example 4: change date format php

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