PHP Zend date format

Question

I want to input a timestamp in below format to the database.

yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss

How can I get in above format?

When I

Answer 1

This is how i did it:

abstract class App_Model_ModelAbstract extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{

    const DATE_FORMAT = 'yyyy-MM-dd';

    public static function formatDate($date, $format = App_Model_ModelAbstract::DATE_FORMAT)
    {
        if (!$date instanceof Zend_Date && Zend_Date::isDate($date)) {
            $date = new Zend_Date($date);
        }

        if ($date instanceof Zend_Date) {
            return $date->get($format);
        }

        return $date;
    }
}

this way you don't need to be concerned with whether or not its actually an instance of zend date, you can pass in a string or anything else that is a date.