How Do I Code A Date based off of DB data?

[refiking]

I am trying to figure out how to make the $newdate variable 2 days after the $date and the time to be 12:00 noon.  The $date variable is already in Y-m-d format.  Here's what I've tried:

$newdate = date('Y-m-d',mktime(0,0,0,$date('m'),$ date('d')+2,$date('Y')));

 

[Barand]

<?php

$date = '2008-02-17';

$newdate = strtotime ("+2 days $date");
$newdate = strtotime ("+12 hours", $newdate);

echo date ('d M y H:i', $newdate);


?>