Convert date time string in PHP

Question

I have a Date/Time string from facebook graph that i need to convert to a readable date time.

2010-09-17T04:07:36+0000

How can I format it to GMT+8 using php to

Answer 1

echo date('j F \a\t H:i', strtotime('2010-09-17T04:07:36+0000'));

References: date, strtotime

Set your timezone with date_default_timezone_set for correct conversion.

Answer 2

You can also get Date object using

$date_object = date_create('2010-09-17T04:07:36+0000');