Object of class DateTime could not be converted to string

Question

I have a table with string values in the format of Friday 20th April 2012 in a field called Film_Release

I am looping through and i want to convert

Answer 1

Check to make sure there is a film release date; if the date is missing you will not be able to format on a non-object.

if ($info['Film_Release']){ //check if the date exists
   $dateFromDB = $info['Film_Release'];
   $newDate = DateTime::createFromFormat("l dS F Y", $dateFromDB);
   $newDate = $newDate->format('d/m/Y'); 
} else {
   $newDate = "none"; 
}

or

 $newDate = ($info['Film_Release']) ? DateTime::createFromFormat("l dS F Y", $info['Film_Release'])->format('d/m/Y'): "none"