php string to date with format 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: Convert String to Date and Date-Time in PHP

phpCopy$oldDate = strtotime('03/08/2020');

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

echo $newDate;
//output: 2020-03-08