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Title : In Mysql, the 'datetime' data type is used to store date that looks like '2007-10-16 16:26:30'. we are going to design a function called mysqldate() that takes a mysql date and output format as input and outputs a well formated date.
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Rupali Gulande
Date : Oct 24th 2007
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<?php
function mysqldate($dateformat, $mysqdate, $convert = true) {
    global
$local_time;
   
$m = $mysqdate;
    if ( empty(
$m) ) {
        return
false;
    }
   
$i = mktime(
        (int)
substr( $m, 11, 2 ), (int) substr( $m, 14, 2 ), (int) substr( $m, 17, 2 ),
        (int)
substr( $m, 5, 2 ), (int) substr( $m, 8, 2 ), (int) substr( $m, 0, 4 )
    );

    if(
'U' == $dateformat )
        return
$i;

    if ( -
1 == $i || false == $i )
       
$i = 0;

    if ( !empty(
$local_time->month) && !empty($local_time->weekday) && $convert ) {
       
$datemonth = $local_time->get_month(date('m', $i));
       
$datemonth_abbrev = $local_time->get_month_abbrev($datemonth);
       
$dateweekday = $local_time->get_weekday(date('w', $i));
       
$dateweekday_abbrev = $local_time->get_weekday_abbrev($dateweekday);
       
$datemeridiem = $local_time->get_meridiem(date('a', $i));
       
$datemeridiem_capital = $local_time->get_meridiem(date('A', $i));
       
$dateformat = ' '.$dateformat;
       
$dateformat = preg_replace("/([^\\\])D/", "\\1".backslashit($dateweekday_abbrev), $dateformat);
       
$dateformat = preg_replace("/([^\\\])F/", "\\1".backslashit($datemonth), $dateformat);
       
$dateformat = preg_replace("/([^\\\])l/", "\\1".backslashit($dateweekday), $dateformat);
       
$dateformat = preg_replace("/([^\\\])M/", "\\1".backslashit($datemonth_abbrev), $dateformat);
       
$dateformat = preg_replace("/([^\\\])a/", "\\1".backslashit($datemeridiem), $dateformat);
       
$dateformat = preg_replace("/([^\\\])A/", "\\1".backslashit($datemeridiem_capital), $dateformat);

       
$dateformat = substr($dateformat, 1, strlen($dateformat)-1);
    }
   
$j = @date($dateformat, $i);
    if ( !
$j ) {
    }
    return
$j;
}
?>


Example Usage
<?php
$date1
= mysqldate('l, d F Y ','2007-10-16 13:37:27');
echo
$date1." Mysql date format is 2007-10-16 13:37:27<br><br> ";
?>

<?php
$date1
= mysqldate('D, d F Y, - h : i : s ','2007-11-16 13:37:27');
echo
$date1." Mysql date format is 2007-11-16 13:37:27 ";
?>



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How about this instead?

<?php
// create unix timestamp from mysql datetime - careful of pre-1970
function timestamp_from_mysql($timestamp)
{
    
ereg ("([0-9]{2,4})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})"$timestamp$regs);
    
ereg ("([0-9]{2,4})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})[^0-9]([0-9]{1,2})"$timestamp$regs);

    if (
sizeof($regs)>1)
    {
        if (
sizeof($regs)>4)
        {
            
$date=mktime($regs[4],$regs[5],$regs[6],$regs[2],$regs[3],$regs[1]);
        }
        else
        {
            
$date=mktime(0,0,0,$regs[2],$regs[3],$regs[1]);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        
$date=0;
    }
    return 
$date;
}

// use the php date function to generate a date/time from a mysql datetime
// basically converts it to a unix datestamp, which date() uses.
// $format is the same as the one used by date(); so no need to recode if it is upgraded to include more parameters
function format_mysql_datetime($format$mysql_datetime)
{
    
$unix=timestamp_from_mysql($mysql_datetime);

    
$date="&nbsp;";
    if(
$unix>0)
    {
        
$date=date($format$unix);
    }
    return 
$date;
}
?>