how can i modify the code below to output a date in the the format d-m-Y H:i:s?

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how can i modify the code below to output a date in the the format d-m-Y H:i:s

public function storeFormValues($params)
{

    // Store all the parameters
    $this->__construct($params);

    // Parse and store the publication date
    if (isset($params['publicationDate'])) {
        $publicationDate = explode('-', $params['publicationDate']);

        if (count($publicationDate) == 3) {
            list($y, $m, $d) = $publicationDate;
            $this->publicationDate = mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y);
        }
    }
}`

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '20 at 13:04

You can do it simply like this

public function storeFormValues($params)
{

    // Store all the parameters
    $this->__construct($params);

    // Parse and store the publication date
    if (isset($params['publicationDate'])){
        $d = new DateTime($params['publicationDate']);
        echo $d->format('d-m-Y H:i:s');
        }
}

how can i modify the code below to output a date in the the format d-m-Y H:i:s?

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