right now I\'m storing a date in the database, in the format date(\"Y-m-d\")
and im storing it in date column.
Now, I\'ve retrieved it from the database
Convert the date to a timestamp using strtotime and format it using date.
echo date('F jS Y', strtotime($databaseDate));
The preferred way going forward should be the use of the DateTime class though:
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Tokyo');
$date = new DateTime($databaseDate);
echo $date->format('F jS Y');