php date format

Question

I have a date in a variable like: 01-01-2009 and need to change the format to Y-m-d. What should I use to do this conversion?

possible duplicate of Convert US date format to ANSI SQL date format (YYYY-mm-dd) — Michael Mrozek
– Michael Mrozek, Commented Aug 31, 2010 at 21:54

Jacob Relkin · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-31 21:52:12Z

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You can use the strtotime and date functions like this:

$str = '01-01-2009';
$date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($str));

echo $date; //2009-01-01

answered Aug 31, 2010 at 21:52

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Vijin Paulraj · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-14 06:45:49Z

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To convert the date format from dd-mm-yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd in php,

<?php

$dt='01-01-2009';
$dt=date('Y-m-d',strtotime($dt));
echo $dt;

?>

The o/p will be, 2009-01-01

answered Jan 14, 2012 at 6:45

Vijin Paulraj

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