PHP - Change date on var from array

Question

I have an array index that comes from an external API that returns a date in a string like this:

<?php echo gettype($meeting['date']); ?>

Results in "string".

This:

<?php echo $meeting['date']; ?>

Gives the following outcome: "2018-08-30".

I want to change the date format to "30-08-2018". How can i accomplish this?

With all due respect, but questions like these have been answered with very good and definitive answers at least 50 times by now. Try to do some more research next time! (For example, here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2487921/convert-date-format-yyyy-mm-dd-dd-mm-yyyy) — Loek, Aug 30 '18 at 08:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '18 at 08:43

3

You can easily do this using DateTime class and the format() method:

// Create a DateTime instance
$date = new DateTime($meeting['date']);

// Format it:
echo $date->format('d-m-Y');

// Output: 30-08-2018

answered Aug 30 '18 at 08:43

AymDev

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 30 '18 at 08:50

3

$newDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($meeting['date']));

echo $newDate;

That's done.

edited Aug 30 '18 at 08:50

AymDev

answered Aug 30 '18 at 08:44

Eric

Personally I would not use it. `strtotime` is old. – Ronnie Oosting Aug 30 '18 at 09:19
@RonnieOosting So is C and we still use that at least daily ;-) – Loek Aug 30 '18 at 14:42

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 30 '18 at 08:41

$meeting['date']="2018-08-30";

echo date("d-m-Y", strtotime($meeting['date']));

The above code will do the job for you. It will get your string date and convert it to the format you need.

The output of the above code is : 30-08-2018

More about date function you can find here!!!

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 30 '18 at 08:43

0

Use strtotime() and date():

$originalDate = "2018-08-30";
$newDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($originalDate));

answered Aug 30 '18 at 08:43

SolveProblem

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