need help converting date string

$date = "Aug 31 2010 9:21AM";

Can someone kindly explain how to convert to

$newdate = "2010-08-31"; // yyyy-mm-dd

 

Use string to time function:

$date = "Aug 31 2010 9:21AM";
$timestamp = strtotime($date);
$newdate = date('Y-m-d',$timestamp);

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Fantastic! Worked like a charm.

 

Just curious

$date = "Aug 31 2010 9:21AM";
$timestamp = strtotime($date);
$newdate = date('Y-m-d',$timestamp);


Lets say you wanted $newdate to be

$newdate = 2010-08-30

-1 day

Is there quick way to do this?

 

it is the same

 

The usage is self explanatory date($format, $timestamp); where $format is how its formatted - refer to the date function page for all the possible format characters.

 

Just subtract the day (in timestamp) from the timestamp.

Every day is 24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 86400

$newdate = date('Y-m-d',$timestamp-86400);

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