string to datetime 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 php

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

Example 3: string to datetime php

$s = '06/10/2011 19:00:02';
$date = strtotime($s);
echo date('d/M/Y H:i:s', $date);

Example 4: php datetime create

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', '15-12-2020');

Example 5: 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

Example 6: Convert String to Date and Date-Time in PHP

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