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Reputation: 1397

Change PHP string variable to date format

I get a string date variable out of an extension in WordPress and need to change it into a date variable with the format (Ymd) to enter it into another db.

Actually i get the value out of the WordPress ACF-Extension. This works, the format inside this field is d.m.Y (01.12.2019):

$task_deadline = get_field( 'task_deadline', $task_id );

Then i try to change the variable into a date variable. This is not working i always get the output 01.01.1970.

$task_deadline_date = date('d.m.Y',$task_deadline);

After that i would like to change the variable format to Ymd. This is not working:

$task_deadline_date_format = date('d.m.Y',$task_deadline);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 763

Answers (5)

Vintage Coders
Vintage Coders

Reputation: 162

We can change PHP string variable to date format by using php date() and strtotime() functions

Syntax to use these functions are as below:

date('Ymd',strtotime($task_deadline));

you can use other formats(instead of Ymd if required)such as: 1) Y-m-d 2) Y/m/d

Upvotes: 0

Hiren Siddhpura
Hiren Siddhpura

Reputation: 189

try:

$date=date_create("01.12.2019");
echo date_format($date,"Ymd");

refer link : https://www.w3schools.com/php/showphp.asp?filename=demo_func_date_create

Upvotes: 0

Nitesh Garg
Nitesh Garg

Reputation: 179

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d.m.Y', '01.12.2019');
echo $date->format('Ymd');

Upvotes: 1

Qirel
Qirel

Reputation: 26490

The second parameter to date() is a timestamp, not a time-string. So you will need to use strtotime() to get the timestamp from your date first.

$task_deadline_date_format = date('dmY', strtotime($task_deadline));

Upvotes: 1

Dylan KAS
Dylan KAS

Reputation: 5713

Change the date format to

 $task_deadline_date_format = date('Ymd',strptime($task_deadline, '%d.%m.%Y'));

Upvotes: 0

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