PHP Convert ISO date to more readable format?

Question

Just a simple question. How do I convert a PHP ISO time (like 2010-06-23T20:47:48-04:00) to something more readable? Is there a function already built in PHP? I\'ve looked a

Answer 1

strptime() converts a string containing a time/date with the format passed as second argument to the function. The return value is an array containing values for day, month, year, hour, minutes, and seconds; you can use those values to obtain a string representing the date in the format you like.

strptime() is available since PHP 5.1.0, while the class DateTime is available since PHP 5.2.0.