Displaying Date from database PHP

Question

right now I\'m storing a date in the database, in the format date(\"Y-m-d\") and im storing it in date column.

Now, I\'ve retrieved it from the database

Answer 1

Use date_format in your SQL query.

Example: date_format(somefield, '%d-%m-%Y, %h:%i %p')

Answer 2

Convert the date to a timestamp using strtotime and format it using date.

echo date('F jS Y', strtotime($databaseDate));

The preferred way going forward should be the use of the DateTime class though:

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Tokyo');

$date = new DateTime($databaseDate);
echo $date->format('F jS Y');