Question

Hi I know this question is a bit trivial. I googled it but could not find the exact problem anywhere.

I have a string which contains a application filling date how can I convert this string into date

 $appln_filling_date = '20020315';

The type of appln_filling_date is string I want to convert its type to date and want the data remain the same. The field in the database has a type date.

EDIT

This is what I am trying to do

 $appln_filling_date = strtotime($appln_data['bibliographic-data']['application-reference']['document-id']['1']['date']['$']);
 $appln_filling_date = date('Y-m-d', $appln_filling_date);

Answer 1

If your date is in some standard date format use this example:

$d = new DateTime('20020315');
echo $d->format('Y-m-d');

# or [if you do not have DateTime, which is in php >= 5.2.0]

$t = strtotime('20020315');
echo date('Y-m-d', $t);

If your date is not in some standard format use this example:

$d = DateTime::createFromFormat('d . Y - m', '15 . 2002 - 03');
echo $d->format('Y-m-d');