[SOLVED] I hate dates

[AV1611]

I working a script that pulls some dates from an ODBC source with php.

 

The dates pulled look like this:

 

yyyy-mm-dd

 

I need them to display as

 

mm/dd/yyyy

 

I can't figure it out, and the manual doesn't give an example for

 

date_format()

 

if that is even what I want...

 

HELP!

 

 

[pocobueno1388]

<?php

$date = "yyyy-mm-dd";
list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $date);
echo "$month/$day/$year";

?>

[darkfreaks]

<?php
date(m/j/y); ?>

 

 

[AV1611]

<?php

$date = "yyyy-mm-dd";
list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $date);
echo "$month/$day/$year";

?>

 

LOL

 

That was my backup plan, I thought there was some fancy date format way to do it

[darkfreaks]

topic solved?

[pocobueno1388]

There may be a way to do with with one line with the date function...I'm not sure. If there is, I don't know how to do it

[Jessica]

you can combine date with strtotime.

[darkfreaks]

nice idea jesi i just looked it up 

 

 

$timestamp = strtotime( "07/9/14" );
print date( 'Y-m-d', $timestamp );

[Psycho]

Why create a variable for a onetime use? Just use:

 

 

print date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( "07/9/14" ));

 

[darkfreaks]

wouldnt that still output the same thing without it?

[Psycho]

wouldnt that still output the same thing without it?

 

It will first create the timestamp and then date() willact on that. I copied your example which is not what the OP wanted.

 

This is what the OP wanted:

 

<?php
//Input in YYYY-MM-DD
//Output in MM/DD/YYYY

print date( 'm/d/Y', strtotime( "2007-09-14" ));
//Output: 09/14/2007
?>