[Resolved] Date() confusion

[baffled_in_UK]

Hi,
I have a date with the following value : 2003-05-09
When I try to convert it for output...

$date_req = date("d M y", $date_req);

I get : 01 Jan 70

Any ideas what I'm missing.

Thanks

[pyro]

The second paramater for date() is a timestamp, so you'll want to turn your existing date into that.

<?PHP
$date = "2003-05-09"; #assumed to be yyyy-mm-dd
list ($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $date);
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year);
$date_req = date("d M y", $timestamp);
echo $date_req;
?>

[baffled_in_UK]

Pefect. Thanks

[pyro]

You bet... 🙂