join date after explode

[austine_power007]

i wanna make my date function like mm/dd/yy

here is the code i explode my date how i can make this date join together
[code]<input type=\"text\" name=\"act_dat\" value=\"{$actual[0]}$actual[1]\" size='01'><span class='style12'>dd</span><input type=\"text\" name=\"act_mon\" value=\"{$actual[3]}$actual[4]\" size='01'><span class='style12'>mm</span><input type=\"text\" name=\"act_yr\" value=\"{$actual[6]}$actual[7]\" size='01'><span class='style12'>yy</span>[/code]

[color=red][b]this code gives me date like: 20/12/06

i want to join all and put it inside a variable so that i can update database[/b][/color]
[b]E.G: i am using Microsoft Access 2003[/b]

[simcoweb]

Question:

Instead of having an input form post the date, why don't you just set the date yourself when the form is submitted? That way you can easily pass it in a variable and into the database. Something simple like this:

$date = date("F j, Y");