mysql date formatting with php

Question

I have a date (\"mm/dd/yyyy\") and I want to convert it to a MySQL DATE data type (like yyyy-mm-dd)

How do I do it with PHP?

Answer 1

Nick rulez's answer also applies to inserts and updates:

INSERT INTO my_table (id, date) values (1, str_to_date('10/30/2010','%m/%d/%Y'))