PHP Parse Date String

Question

If I\'ve got a date string:

$date = \"08/20/2009\";

And I want to separate each part of the date:

$m = \"08\";
$d = \"20\";         


        

Answer 1

Dominic's answer is good, but IF the date is ALWAYS in the same format you could use this:

$m = substr($date,0,2);
$d = substr($date,3,2);
$y = substr($date,-4);

and not have to use an array or explode

Bill H