I've some data which formatted like: 04.09.1953
I want to convert this format to: 1953-09-04
Is there any way or php function to do this?
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Do you want to print your date differently, or to convert an existing?Michael Sazonov– Michael Sazonov2012-01-10 14:56:26 +00:00Commented Jan 10, 2012 at 14:56
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4 Answers
just use strtotime() to get a timestamp and then date() to convert that timestamp to the format you need:
$timestamp = strtotime("04.09.1953");
echo date("Y-m-d", $timestamp);
EDIT:
If you're having some "exotic" format as input, you might need to use explode(), list() and mktime() to build the timestamp on your own:
list($y,$m,$d) = explode(".","04.09.1953");
$timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$m,$d,$y);
echo date("Y-m-d", $timestamp);
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Have you tried strtotime() ? It might work, else you'll need to do manual conversion using substrings or explodes.
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If all you are interested in is converting from one "string" format to another you can use a regEx:
$DMY = '04.09.1953';
$YMD = preg_replace('/(\d\d).(\d\d).(\d{4,4})/', '$3-$2-$1', $DMY);
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http://www.handyphp.com/index.php/PHP-Resources/Handy-PHP-Functions/reformat_date.html
function reformat_date($date, $format){
$output = date($format, strtotime($date));
return $output;
}
