strtotime() function not working in codeigniter controller

Question

I wrote a line to convert the date entered from a view to be converted into date format in the database. But the function is not working (PHP version 5.4). Here's the code;

$chq_date = $_POST['cheque_date'];
echo $date = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($chq_date));    

The value obtained for $chq_date is 24/01/2014, but then the $date is showing the result 1970-01-01. How does this happens? What is wrong with the script?
If someone could please help me out..

Answer 1

You need to replace "/" by "-" to get the correct format

$chq_date = str_replace('/', '-', $chq_date );
echo $date = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($chq_date));  

Answer 2

change the accpeted date format to: (value for $_POST['cheque_date'])

24-01-2014

remove / and add - in dates... then you will get the correct result.

Answer 3

You can try it.

$chq_date = str_replace('/', '-', $_POST['cheque_date'];);
echo $date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($chq_date));

Answer 4

$chq_date = str_replace("/","-","24/01/2014");
echo $date = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($chq_date)); 

this is the format to use strtotime(). So for Your example , You use below:-

$chq_date = str_replace("/","-",$_POST['cheque_date']);
echo $date = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($chq_date)); 

if the separator in Your $_POST['cheque_date'] is / otherwise use proper separator. check here for more details on str_replace().

Answer 5

Your giving date format as DD/MM/YYYY It must be as MM/DD/YYYY

$chq_date = "11/13/14";
echo date("jS F, Y", strtotime($chq_date));