format a date in $_POST['transdate'] as 14/01/1970 to 1970-01-14 format?

[csplrj]

The date I receive is in dd/mm/yyyy format. I want to convert it into yyyy-mm-dd format

 

How to format a date which i get from user in $_POST['transdate'] as 14/01/1970 to 1970-01-14 format?

 

Thanks in advance

 

CSJakharia

[mapleleaf]

<?php

//$_POST['transdate'] replaces the date in the explode
    $date = explode('/','14/01/1970');
    
    
    echo date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $date[1], $date[0], $date[2]));
    ?>

[teamatomic]

Another way

$date = '14/01/1970';

$date = preg_replace('%(\d{2})/(\d{2})/(\d{4})%' , "\\3-\\2-\\1" , $date);

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic