Question

i have a string that is like this 2012/10/12 10:03:46 (Year/Month/Day) format now i want to change its format to something like this October 12, 2012 10:03 p.m i have tried php’s DateTime class but its not working:

<?php

 $date = new DateTime();
 $date->createFromFormat('Y/m/dd H:i:s', substr($suggestion->suggestion->created_at, 0,19));
 echo $date->format('d-m, y h:i A');

?>

can anyone tell me whats wrong and how can i correct it??

Answer 1

You should have seen at least one notice something like “don’t call static function in non-static context”.

DateTime::createFomFormat()

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y/m/d H:i:s', substr($suggestion->suggestion->created_at, 0,19));
echo $date->format('F j, Y, g:i a');

It’s a static method and (as the name suggests) it creates a new instance of DateTime.