[SOLVED] How to display a different date format

[fluvly]

I have this date and time inside a variable, taken from a database:

 

$datetime = "2009-09-17 12:20:08";

 

I would like to extract just the date (without the time) and show it as "17/09/2009" instead. Is there a way to do this without the "explode" function?

 

Thanks to anyone willing to help!

[ILMV]

echo(date('d/m/Y',strtotime($datetime)));

 

That should do it...

[JasonLewis]

To expand on ILMVs answer, take a look at the date function, and you can see all the different formats that can be applied. Simply for future reference of course.