how to re-format datetime string in php?

Question

I receive a datetime from a plugin. I put it into a variable:

$datetime = \"20130409163705\"; 

That actually translates to yyyymm

Answer 1

try this

$datetime = "20130409163705"; 
print_r(date_parse_from_format("Y-m-d H-i-s", $datetime));

the output:

[year] => 2013
[month] => 4
[day] => 9
[hour] => 16
[minute] => 37
[second] => 5