mysql date formatting with php

Question

I have a date (\"mm/dd/yyyy\") and I want to convert it to a MySQL DATE data type (like yyyy-mm-dd)

How do I do it with PHP?

Answer 1

function date2mysql($date) {

   list($month, $day, $year) = explode('/', $date);
   $timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year);
   return date("Y-mm-d",$timestamp);
}

see the date manual for the format