date ? how to convert

[alfred_01]

hey,
i have a variable which contains a date in a special format (20011230 ==> YYYYMMDD).
And I want to change it in 30.12.2001 or something like that.

[DeltaRho2K]

<?php
ereg ("([0-9]{4})([0-9]{1,2})([0-9]{1,2})", $yourdatevariable, $regs);

$newdatevariable = "$regs[3].$regs[2].$regs[1]";
echo $newdatevariable;
?>