Posted by Chuck Anderson on 12/08/05 21:13

Greg Scharlemann wrote:

>If I have a date that looks like: 2005-12-07 10:10:00
>
>How could I manipulate it in php to say "Dec, 07, 2005"?
>
>I can separate the string at the space, but don't know where to go from
>there....thanks for any suggestions.
>
Here's a method I've used (found it using Google a year or so ago):

$a = '2005-12-07';

$y = $a[0].$a[1].$a[2].$a[3];
$m = $a[5].$a[6];
$d = $a[8].$a[9];
$unixtimestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y);

$display_date = date('F j, Y',$unixtimestamp)

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