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Like so<br />
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$d = &quot;2011/03/16 08:00&quot;;<br />
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echo date(&quot;m-d-Y&quot;, strtotime($d) );
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Like so

$d = "2011/03/16 08:00";

echo date("m-d-Y", strtotime($d) );

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Be sure to check dates such as 2011/03/05 and 2011/05/03. &nbsp;strtotime() sometimes has a hard time distinguishing which format the incoming date is in.<br />
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If strtotime() doesn't get yours right, then you can pull out each piece of the date with substr().
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Be sure to check dates such as 2011/03/05 and 2011/05/03.  strtotime() sometimes has a hard time distinguishing which format the incoming date is in.

If strtotime() doesn't get yours right, then you can pull out each piece of the date with substr().

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Or, if you are a fan of conciseness,<br />
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$olddate = '2011/03/16 08:00';<br />
$newdate=substr($olddate,5<wbr />,2).&quot;-&quot;.su<wbr />bstr($oldd<wbr />ate,8,2).&quot;<wbr />-&quot;.$year=s<wbr />ubstr($old<wbr />date,0,4);<wbr /><br />

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Or, if you are a fan of conciseness,

$olddate = '2011/03/16 08:00';
$newdate=substr($olddate,5,2)."-".substr($olddate,8,2)."-".$year=substr($olddate,0,4);


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Using PHP, how can I change this:<br />
2011/03/16 08:00<br />
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to this:<br />
03-16-2011<br />
?
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Using PHP, how can I change this:
2011/03/16 08:00

to this:
03-16-2011
?

PHP: Convert date format

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