turn string date into date php 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

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