string a date php code example

Example 1: convert string to date php

$s = '08/11/2010 19:37:02';
$date = strtotime($s);
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $date);

Example 2: time to string in php

<?php
$date = '27/06/2020, 04:42:43 PM';
$date = str_replace('/', '-', $date);
echo date('F j, Y, g:i a',strtotime($date));

// output : June 27, 2020, 4:42 pm
?>