Convert to date format dd/mm/yyyy

Question

I have the following date: 2010-04-19 18:31:27. I would like to convert this date to the dd/mm/yyyy format.

Answer 1

$source    =    'your varible name';
$date    =     new DateTime($source);
$_REQUEST["date"]    =     $date->format('d-m-Y');

echo $_REQUEST["date"];