How do I convert a date in PHP?

Question

How can I convert this date:

2009-12-21 10:38:07

to a more readable date, like 22 December 2009 - 10:38 ?

Answer 1

You can use the date function with strtotime:

$strDate = "2009-12-21 10:38:07";
echo date('d F Y - H:i', strtotime($strDate));

Answer 2

// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));