The second parameter to date() needs to be a proper timestamp (seconds since January 1, 1970). You are passing a string, which date () can't recognize. You can use strtotime () to …

The PHP strtotime manual here states that "The function expects to be given a string containing an English date format". What it actually means is that it expects an American US date format, …

I would recommend using a Unix Timestamp integer instead of a human-readable date format to handle time internally, then use PHP's date() function to convert the timestamp value into a …

Oct 9, 2013 · I am currently using a regex to validate the string format, which works ok, but I can see some cases where it could be a correct format according to the string but actually an …

Jun 4, 2011 · 376 If I have a PHP string in the format of mm-dd-YYYY (for example, 10-16-2003), how do I properly convert that to a Date and then a DateTime in the format of YYYY-mm-dd? …

581 Is there a PHP function that returns the date and time in the same format as the MySQL function NOW()? I know how to do it using date(), but I am asking if there is a function only for …

Jun 28, 2013 · Note that the accepted answer simply puts a "Z" on the end of the format string, but that does not give you the UTC date. This is likely to cause problems in many use cases …

Aug 2, 2011 · Date Formatter is a concrete class that enables locale-dependent formatting /parsing of dates using pattern strings and/or canned patterns. There are a couple of examples …

Which RFC describes the format used for date/time in the modern time HTTP headers, like "Last-Modified" and "If-Modified-Since", and how to generate a date/time string in PHP according to …

Feb 17, 2016 · I am pulling the dates of various posts from a database. The dates are in the following format: 2009-08-12 Numeric Year - Numeric Month - Numeric Day How can I …