Something like this would work:
=====================
<?php
function dateConvert($date)
{
$newdate = "";
$newdate .= substr($date,0,2);
$newdate .= "-";
$newdate .= substr($date,2,2);
$newdate .= "-";
$newdate .= substr($date,4,4);
return $newdate;
}
echo dateConvert("04212004");
?>
"Adam Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have a form where I have a user entering in the date in a numeric
> string. For today they would enter 04212004 and so on...I'm working on
> this date within mysql server, and mssql server handles dates as
> 04-21-2004 when you use convert(varchar,field,110). So how in PHP can I
> change a variable's value which is 04122004 into 04-21-2204
>
> thanks!
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