PHP date formatting

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I want to transform a date from this format: 01/07/09 to this jan 07,09.

How can I do that in PHP?

Teej · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-25 06:31:06Z

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I'm pretty sure this is what you need.

<?php echo date('M d, y', strtotime('01/07/09'));?>

answered Jan 25, 2010 at 6:31

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Dominic Rodger · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-25 09:00:02Z

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Use strptime to parse the value you've got, then date to output it in the format you want:

echo date("M d,y", strptime("01/07/09", "d/m/y"));

If you're on Windows, or using a version of PHP where strptime is not available (< PHP 5.1.0), then use strtotime instead, but be careful to make sure your date is in a US English format (i.e. "01/07/09" means January 7th 2009, not 1st July 2009).

Also, if you really want jan, rather than Jan, then use strtolower:

echo strtolower(date("M d,y", strptime("01/07/09", "d/m/y"));

edited Jan 25, 2010 at 9:00

answered Jan 25, 2010 at 6:30

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Brian McKenna Over a year ago

Also note, strptime is not implemented on Windows.

Dominic Rodger Over a year ago

@Brian, thanks - edited in a comment about using strtotime where strptime is unavailable.

Decent Dabbler Over a year ago

you have the order of arguments for date mixed up. Should be: date( $format, [ $timestamp ] )

vasanth · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-23 06:49:54Z

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Just pass the date variable to strtotime. See PHP manual for more.

$date = "01/07/09";
echo date("M d,y", strtotime($date));

edited Oct 23, 2015 at 6:49

answered Oct 10, 2015 at 12:51

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