[SOLVED] Date formatting

[melissal]

If I have a variable which will give me a date in this format: 31/12/2007 or 31/1/2008, etc, Is there way to be able to tell which day of the week it will be?

[GingerRobot]

You can, as long as you modify your date from from dd/mm/yyyy to the American mm/dd/yyyy

 

<?php
$date = '12/31/2007';
$day_of_week = date('l', strtotime($date));
echo $day_of_week;//Monday
?>

 

The strtotime() function wont work with the UK formatted dates.

[melissal]

Thanks so much! That's perfect