Jim, Mike : thanks for reply. getting desire result with strtotime. John, yess u r right. sometimes in my script date is coming from database. in that case, use of DATE_FORMAT() is the best option. thanks smita. >From: "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: 'Smita Manohar' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] question regarding date format >Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:40:06 +0100 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Smita Manohar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 16 September 2002 18:11 > > > > hi all, > > a simple question regarding date, but i stuck with it . > > > > havin a variable containing date as, > > $date_test = "2002-08-02"; > > > > now i want it should be printed like, August 02, 2002 > > i am doing this with the funcion : > > > > echo date("F d, Y", $date_test); > > > > but getting a strange result as, January 01, 1970 > >The date() function takes a timestamp as its second argument, so you have >to >convert your textual date before passing it to date(). With the format you >have, strtotime should work, so try date("F d, Y", strtotime($date_test)) > >(P.S. You get January 01, 1970 because PHP converts "2002-08-02" to the >number 2002 before passing it to date() -- and this represents about 0:33 >on >that date!) > >Cheers! > >Mike > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, >Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, >JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, >Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
