php convert datetime code example

Example 1: php convert string to date

$time = strtotime('10/16/2003');

$newformat = date('Y-m-d',$time);

echo $newformat;
// 2003-10-16

Example 2: string to datetime php

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

Example 3: Datetime to string php

<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>

Example 4: Convert String to Date and Date-Time in PHP

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