php datetime convert from string code example

Example 1: create date from string php

$element = '15-Feb-2009';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', $element);

Example 2: 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