Question

My content array contains a date field that I’m trying to format as “F Y”.

When I print_r, I’ll get this:

Array
(
    [title] => Test
    [field_datetime_value_1] => 2012-01-16
    [field_datetime_value2] => 2012-01-20
)

If I try:

$test1 = date("F Y", $content['field_datetime_value_1']);
$test2 = date("F Y", strtotime($content['field_datetime_value_1']));
$test3 = $content['field_datetime_value_1'];

print 'Test 1: '.$test1.'<br />Test 2: '.$test2.'<br />Test 3:'.$test3;

I get this:

Test 1:
Test 2: December 1969
Test 3:2012-01-16

I guess I was expecting that in the case of Test 2, I’d get what I was after (namely, January 2012). Can someone help me out here? What am I missing?

Answer 1

It looks like the data in your array is corrupt. Try this:

$content = array(
    'title' => 'test',
    'field_datetime_value_1' => '2012-01-16',
    'field_datetime_value2' => '2012-01-20'
);