m-d-Y to d-m-Y PHP 5.2

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I've got a string in the date format m-d-Y, and I need it d-m-Y. How can I do that in PHP 5.2?

The most common answer DateTime::createFromFormat() here on stackoverflow doesn't work in PHP 5.2, and new DateTime() + $date->format('d-m-Y') doesn't change the format.

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Thew

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '12 at 20:50

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$parts = explode('-', $dateString);
var_dump($parts[1] . '-' . $parts[0] . '-' . $parts[2]);

answered Aug 01 '12 at 20:50

zerkms

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Or [do what it says here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2167925/561731) – Naftali Aug 01 '12 at 20:51
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Yep. But even though I like `DateTime` - if all what we need is just swap `m` and `d` - then it is overkill – zerkms Aug 01 '12 at 20:53
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lol True. Thats why I gave you a `+1` ^_^ – Naftali Aug 01 '12 at 20:55
Its the answer that worked for me. – Thew Aug 01 '12 at 21:04

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 02 '12 at 08:40

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date('d-m-Y',strtotime($yourdatestring));

edited Aug 02 '12 at 08:40

answered Aug 01 '12 at 20:50

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AFAIK, PHP interprets x-y-z dates as d-m-y and x/y/z dates as m/d/y, so this won't work. – Matt Aug 01 '12 at 20:53
so is this solution ever applicable to date conversions being that strtotime doesn't know how to differentiate between months and days when they're both <= 12? – ryanbwork Aug 01 '12 at 21:04

m-d-Y to d-m-Y PHP 5.2

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