how to create a specific date format in php

Question

We have a current date format is 02-05-15 and the output that I want is 02/05/2015 in PHP.

Answer 1

Use DateTime

$myDateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-y', "02-05-15");
echo  $myDateTime->format('d/m/Y');
// Output : 02/05/2015

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Note:

You may also want to set the default timezone before using DateTime, i.e.:

date_default_timezone_set("Europe/Lisbon");

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For date_and_time and other php best practices visit:

http://www.phptherightway.com/#date_and_time

Answer 2

You can do this in this way

$sections      = explode('-','02-05-15');
$formated_date = $sections[0]."/".$sections[1]."/20".$sections[2];

hope this will help

Answer 3

The following code should do the trick:

<?php
   $time = mktime(0,0,0, '02', '05', '15'); 
   //OR mktime(0,0,0, '05', '02', '15'); //depending on the expected format
   echo date("d/m/Y",$time); //assuming the above date is 2 May 2015
   //alternatively it would be
   echo date('m/d/Y', $time); //if the above date is 5 February 2015
?>

Answer 4

You can use

$date = "02-05-15";
$format_date = date('m/d/Y', strtotime($date));

For more details about formats, please refer this