How to extract date from date time in php

Question

i have a field in my model called creation_time whose type is datetime. so echo $model->creation_date;die(); will display a value like this

2015-10-07 09:55:17

i want to get only the date ie, 2015-10-07.How can i do that? i have tried something like this

$d = date('Y-m-d', $model->creation_date);
echo $d ; die();

but i got an error which says A non well formed numeric value encountered

then i tried like this

$s = $model->creation_date;
$dt = new DateTime($s);
$date = $dt->format('m/d/Y');echo $date; die();

now i get error like this 'app\controllers\DateTime' not found

use date('Y-m-d', strtotime($model->creation_date)); – Minesh Patel Oct 07 '15 at 05:33 — Minesh Patel, Oct 07 '15 at 05:33
Please try add "\" before datetime like \DateTime – Mitul Oct 07 '15 at 05:33 — Mitul, Oct 07 '15 at 05:33

Kausha Mehta · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-07T05:48:57.480

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Try like below and let me know.

$d = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($model->creation_date));
echo $d; die();

edited Oct 07 '15 at 05:48

answered Oct 07 '15 at 05:17

Kausha Mehta

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its working. but when i tried DateTime with '\' my solution too worked. – Bloodhound Oct 07 '15 at 06:06
@AjithN Yes its working too. :) – Kausha Mehta Oct 07 '15 at 06:07

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