How to convert date from one format to another?

Question

I\'m having the date in this format in a Excel worksheet 03-Dec-10. So its not compatible while inserting it into the database. How to convert the date to the acceptable format?

Answer 1

$input = '03-Dec-10';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-M-y', $input);
echo $date->format('Ymd'); // or possibly 'Y-m-d'

This will output 20101203, which is presumably what you want. If it's not exactly what you are after, have a look here.

You can also do the reverse:

$input = '20101203';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $input);
echo $date->format('d-M-y');