Changing the format of a date in $_POST

[mdemetri2]

Hi

I have a javascript calendar that populates a form field (survey) in the format of dd/mm/yyyy. I don't know of a method to change the format in the calendar. 

 

So, I would like the format to be changed at the point the form is submitted and the date is used to update a record. 

 

I have tried to amend the portion of the update script for the survey field to change the format as part of it submitting the change. I used this line: 

 

GetSQLValueString(date("Y-m-d, strtotime("$_POST['survey']), "text")

 

but I'm not getting the expected results, essentially from the text field entry format of dd/mm/yyyy I want Y-m-d

 

Is this possible?

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

 

[Barand]

Look it up in the documentation for your particular datepicker. If there is none, use one that has.

 

http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/#option-dateFormat

 

PS: I prefer to set datepickers to use "31 Jan 2014" format as it is clear to the user, unambiguous and recognised by strtotime()

[mdemetri2]

thanks for the reply Barand. I was trying to avoid replacing what I have with a new type of date picker. 

 

Anyone have any ideas on whether what I'm asking is possible? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Barand]

Then if looking up the documentation for your calendar fails you will have to look through the js code for where the format is specified.

[Barand]

If changing the js code doesn't work, you can always reformat it in PHP

$calendar_date = '17/05/14';
$dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/y', $calendar_date);
$formatted_date = $dt->format('Y-m-d');

echo $formatted_date;       //--> 2014-05-17

[mdemetri2]

I have tried the implement that unsuccessfully. I needed it as part of a post - when the form gets submitted. 

 

I will keep trying, thanks. 

[Jacques1]

Well, saying that you couldn't implement this is rather vague. What exactly is the problem?

 

Using DateTime to convert the format is a good solution and works perfectly fine. If you're not getting the expected result, you've made a mistake. But of course we can't help you with that unless you post your code and describe the specific problem.