[Resolved] strtotime and old dates

[timbr8ks]

I have dates in my database that go back quite a ways, such as 1942-05-16. I need to convert those dates into a more standard format, such as May 16, 1942. But when I use strtotime on these dates, I get December 31, 1969.

For example, if $row[old_date]='1942-05-16', my code looks like this:

$hist_date=date('F j, Y', strtotime($row['old_date']));

If you echo $hist_date, you get December 31, 1969.

How can I convert these older dates into the format I want?

[timbr8ks]

Never mind . . . I used substr to extract the various parts of the date, and then reassembled it into a new string.

[Mucello]

Just for the record... what did you do to fix the problem? I have the exact same issue! I'm working with dates in my database from now all the way back to 1949. Any date before 1970 is giving me the same problem.

I'm interested in what you did to resolve the issue.

Thanks,
Mark