Question

I have date and time stored in my database as MySQL DATETIME datatype. While inserting into the database, I am using the following PHP variable

$serverTime = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']);

A sample DATETIME stored in database is: 2011-11-26 01:00:27

Now my website needs the date to be displayed in the following format: November 26, 2011 (time is not required)

How can I do it? I am trying the below in PHP but wrong output I am getting.

echo strftime("%B %d, %Y",$serverTime)

Answer 1

While I would recommend a completely SQL approach, you can use PHP’s DateTime class to process your string in PHP (assuming you’re running PHP > 5.3):

// Pick a valid TimeZone
$date_obj = DateTime::createFromFormat( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', '2011-11-26 01:00:27', new DateTimeZone( 'America/New_York'));
echo $date_obj->format('F d, Y');

Demo