Format a date string in PHP

Question

If I have a string which represents a date, like \"2011/07/01\" (which is 1st July 2011) , how would I output that in more readable forms, like:

1 July 201         


        

Answer 1

You can convert your date to a timestamp using strtotime() and then use date() on that timestamp. On your example:

$date = date("j F Y", strtotime("2011/07/01")); // 1 July 2011
$date = date("j M Y", strtotime("2011/07/01")); // 1 Jul 2011