convert datetime to string php code example

Example 1: Datetime to string php

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

Example 2: date to string php

$date_string_prepared = date_create("2020-08-07");
$date_string = $date_string_prepared->format("d M Y");
// result 07 Jul 2020

Example 3: date to string in php

Date to string

$date = "2021/03/13";
$newdate= date('d M, Y', strtotime($date));
echo $newdate;

Example 4: Convert DateTime to String in PHP

phpCopy$dateFormat = new DateTime(); // this will return current date
echo $stringDate = $date->format(DATE_ATOM);

//output: 2020-03-08T12:54:56+01:00

Example 5: Convert DateTime to String in PHP

phpCopy$date = explode("/",date('d/m/Y/h/i/s')
list($day,$month,$year,$hour,$min,$sec) = $date);
echo $month.'/'.$day.'/'.$year.' '.$hour.':'.$min.':'.$sec;

//output: 03/08/2020 02:01:06