Short to long date

[seran128]

I get a date from a query string like 12/05/2006 I need to convert that to a long date like Tuesday December 5, 2006

[redarrow]

i sugestyou convert the current date to a timestamp then use the php.net for the correct format needed then format the date as needed.

[willfitch]

[code=php:0]
<?php
$rec_date = '12/05/2006';
$date_arr = explode('/',$rec_date);
echo date('l F j, Y',mktime(0,0,0,$date_arr[0],$date_arr[1],$date_arr[2]));
?>
[/code]

[willfitch]

If you are receiving this from MySQL, you should consider using the DATE_FORMAT function.