Format date in the indexSuccess.php

Question

I want to format the created_at field date from the original for something like 03.May.2011 to be shown in the indexSuccess.php and in the sh

Answer 1

I believe the date is returned in a string format Y-m-d H:i:s, as fits the MySQL datetime type. It would be nicest to convert this to a PHP DateTime instance using DateTime::createFromFormat, presuming you are using PHP > 5.3.

So, in your controller:

$this->creation_date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $item->created_at);

Then, in your view:

format('d.F.Y') ?>

See also DateTime::format

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If you are using PHP 5.2 or before, you can't use createFromFormat. You probably want to fall back on strtotime:

$this->creation_date = strtotime($this->created_at);

and in the view: