Question

I need to convert Oct 24, 2011 03:16 PM to 2011-10-24 15:16:00 in php.

I know its possible by creating a variable for each month “$jan = 01, $feb = 02, etc” and then using “explode” to split the information by space and re-arranging it in the correct order.

But is there any simpler way to do it?

Answer 1

The function strtotime() is a very powerful date parser. Use it to get a UNIX timestamp of the incoming date, and use the date() function to output the date in your desired format.

<?php

$ts = strtotime("Oct 24, 2011 03:16 PM");
$date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $ts);

?>