Convert a mysql date (datetime) into a better date format using php

Question

I some php code which gets info from a mysql database. The problem is that the date is coming out in the format : \"2010-02-03 22:21:26\"

Does anyone kn

Answer 1

date() function will assist you in this.

Something like

$date = date('j F, Y h:i:s', strtotime($date_value));
print $date;

Format options:

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