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Convert date format yyyy-mm-dd => dd-mm-yyyy

I am extracting data from MySQL and passing it to a PHP page, part of which is a Javascript timeline graph.

I am using json_encode to convert the query result into a format that the Javascript timeline requires.

However json_encode outputs the following:

{"start":"2012-06-06 18:05:21", "content":"Start Date", }

Whereas the format the timeline needs is

{"start": new Date(2010,7,23,23,0,0), 'content': "Start Date", }

Can I convert the output to the required format either before, or as part of the json_encode process?

Answer 1

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', '2012-06-06 18:05:21'); // your original DTO
$newFormat = $date->format('Y,m,d,H,i,s'); // your newly formatted date ready to be substituted into JS new Date();
  unset($date);

$json = json_encode(["start" => $newFormat, 'content' => "Start Date"]);

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In JS you can do smth. similar to:

var objectFromJSON = some_json_decode_procedure(); // decoding JSON to native object
var dateArray = objectFromJSON.start.split(','); // splitting string to elements for new Date()
objectFromJSON.start = new Date(dateArray[0], dateArray[1], dateArray[2], dateArray[3], dateArray[4], dateArray[5]); // resetting Date() object in the object