php date() outputting wrong date

Question

I am trying this code:

date('d F Y', '2013-09-14 00:00:00')

and I am expecting back

14 September 2013

Instead, I am getting

31 December 1969

Does this make any sense at all?

Parameter 2 must be timestamp, strtotime(date_string) should sort this — Onimusha
– Onimusha, Commented Oct 7, 2013 at 19:45

scrowler · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-29 20:38:14Z

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You need to wrap your target date in strtotime() function:

date('d F Y', strtotime('2013-09-14 00:00:00'));

answered Oct 7, 2013 at 19:44

scrowler

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