how can i format date in php

hello

so i have a date formatted like this
2011-01-29 11:04:53

but how can i format it to get an output that looks like this
Sunday, January 29

any help or suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

 

date ("I, F j") will give you Sunday, January 29.

 

wvccboy is right,but the L in the date function is l
$date="2012-01-29 11:04:53";// I think you want to say 2012
$date=date("l, F j" , strtotime($date));
echo $date;

 

all characters to use with date(): php.net/manual/en/function.date.php