How to change date format in PHP?

Srija December 23, 2020 PHP

Most of the time we require to change the date format when we store the Date in the database and display products list with date. Also, the date format is important in events showing and product bidding like auction sites. Let’s see how to change the date format with some examples. Here, I have changed d/m/y to y-m-d, m-d-y to y-m-d, d/m/Y to Y-m-d in PHP. Just follow the below code snippets to change date formats in PHP.

1. Change yyyy-mm-dd to mm/dd/yyyy in PHP

Here, we will add “2020-04-18” date with format yyyy-mm-dd into this mm/dd/yyyy format in PHP

<?php

$myOriginalDate = date("Y-m-d"); or $myOriginalDate = date("2020-04-18");
  
$myNewDate = date("m/d/Y", strtotime($myOriginalDate));
   
print_r($myNewDate);

?>

Output

Output: 04/18/2020

2. Change yyyy-mm-dd to dd-mm-yyyy in PHP

Here, we will add “2020-04-18” date with yyyy-mm-dd and change into this dd-mm-yyyy format in PHP

<?php

$myOriginalDate = date("Y-m-d"); or $myOriginalDate = "2020-04-18";
  
$myNewDate = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($myOriginalDate));
   
print_r($myNewDate);

?>

Output

Output: 18-04-2020

3. Change dd/mm/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd in PHP

Here, we will add “18/04/2020” date with dd/mm/yyyy and change into this yyyy-mm-dd format in PHP

<?php

$myOriginalDate = date("d/m/Y"); or $myOriginalDate = "18/04/2020";
   
$myOriginalDate = str_replace('/', '-', $myOriginalDate );

$myNewDate = date("Y-m-d", strtotime($myOriginalDate));
   
print_r($myNewDate);

?>