Convert Date Time Issue

[phpbeginner]

Having trouble formatting date and time with this as there are 2 different statements......

 

 if($res['Retailerspecialtype'] == 1)
     {
     $expires = $res['Expires'];
     }
      if($res['Retailerspecialtype'] == 2)
     { 
     $expires = CURRENT_DATE.' '.$res['Retailercycleendtime']; 
                
     }

 

and then;

 

Expires:  '.$expires.'

 

I tried using

$expires = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); 

 

but the output is the actual date rather than '.$res['Retailercycleendtime'];

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[phpbeginner]

sorry the ouput is actual time, date is working fine.