convert mysql timestamp into actual date and time?

Question

I have dates stored in a mysql table, they are set to store as CURRENT TIMESTAMP in each row and are stored as follows:

2010-05-29 01:17:35

Answer 1

echo date('M j Y g:i A', strtotime('2010-05-29 01:17:35'));

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php