Extracting only date from datetime field (mysql) and assigning it to php variable

Question

I am unable to assign only date to a php variable from datetime field of a MySQL table. I am using PHP 4, I know how to do it in PHP 5.

Can

Answer 1

If you just want to display the date portion, you could use the DateTime class:

echo DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i:s", "2012-12-24 12:13:14")->format("d/m/Y");
// 24/12/2012

//Edited for double echo typo.