PHP change format of date [duplicate]

Question

Is it possible through PHP to change the format of this date

Jan 1 1900 12:00AM

to

01/01/1990

mm/dd/yyy

RTFM (I recently learned this acronym and I LOVE IT... It applies to so many questions here) — Ethan
– Ethan, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 18:26
I assume you mean "Jan 1 1990" in the first line, and not 1900. — matt
– matt, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 18:26
Why are you interested in this wonky date format? It might mislead the readers. One can't say for sure whether it is in the mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy format. — Lion
– Lion, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 18:30
@Lion if he is only using it in the U.S. it would make sense because most people assume that format here. — Ethan
– Ethan, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 18:51

matt · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 18:25:26Z

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Two functions will help: strtotime and date.

So do this:

date("m/d/Y", strtotime("Jan 1 1990 12:00AM"))

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 18:25

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:42:18Z

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See PHP's excellent DateTime classes:-

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('M d Y H:ia', 'Jan 1 1900 12:00AM');
echo $date->format('m/d/Y');

Or, if you are a fan of one liners:-

echo DateTime::createFromFormat('M d Y H:ia', 'Jan 1 1900 12:00AM')->format('m/d/Y');

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answered Jun 6, 2013 at 18:35

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Ethan Over a year ago

I never knew about DateTime::createFromFormat... will definitely use this in the future.

vascowhite Over a year ago

@Ethan Once you start using those classes you'll realise how powerful they are. They make seemingly complex problems suddenly very simple.

Ethan Over a year ago

I've used DateTime before, just never that method. Any idea if there is any simpler way to do what I did here?

vascowhite Over a year ago

@Ethan I'm not sure it's any simpler github.com/vascowhite/TimeAgo/blob/master/TimeAgo.php

Mike · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 18:25:57Z

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You could parse that into a timestamp with strtotime() and then use the PHP date() function to format it.

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 18:25

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jterry · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 18:26:26Z

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strtotime and strftime are the easiest to work with.

$stamp = strtotime('Jan 1 1900 12:00AM');
echo strftime("%m/%d/%G", $stamp);

See the full strftime documentation to output your date in any format.

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 18:26

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AJames · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 18:32:58Z

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No, because Jan 1 1900 1200AM is never going to equal 01/01/1990. Check you year. But if you want a simple what to convert string to time try this:

<?php
$d = 'Jan 1, 1900 12:00AM';
echo date("m/d/y",strtotime($d));
?>

I would pass this into a function first that removed the time element and then converts only the data portion.

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 18:32

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sjkm · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 18:24:44Z

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see the date function:

//replace the time() with yours
echo date('m/d/Y', time()); // = 06/06/2013

manual: http://php.net/manual/de/function.date.php

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 18:24

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sjkm Over a year ago

please explain down vote

matt Over a year ago

I didn't downvote, but I assume it's because you didn't actually take the input date and parse it. You just didn't the output format part.

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