[SOLVED] date conversion

[rsammy]

i have a date in this format: 2/5/07 coming in as a string(input).

 

how do i convert it to 02/05/2007? again as a string?

 

thanx

[anatak]

look into the function

string to date

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=php+string+to+date+function&btnG=Google+Search

it is amazing what you can find with google isn't it ?

http://jp.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php

will help you maybe

http://jp.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php

is what you are really looking for

so you search should have been string to time

 

or you could write a script that checks the characters on positions in your string

2/5/07

check if second character is a number or / and if it is a / you should put a 0 in front of the first character

and check again for the other possible positions of slashes in your string.

 

anatak

[rsammy]

thanx for replying. but, i guess its kinda bouncing over my head

[obsidian]

i have a date in this format: 2/5/07 coming in as a string(input).

 

how do i convert it to 02/05/2007? again as a string?

 

strtotime()

<?php
$date = "2/5/07";
echo date('m/d/Y', strtotime($date));
?>

[rsammy]

i figured it out, thanx!

 

thanx everyone for ur replies!