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Displaying Date from database PHP

I’m using this method in an insert.php function from a form for a small CMS/blog I’m making.
All i want to know is how to change the now() format.

mysql_query("INSERT INTO Blog
(Date, Title, Message, Image) 
VALUES(now(), '$_POST[Title]' , '$_POST[Message]' , '$_POST[Image]' ) ")
or die(mysql_error()); 

I have a page that is using an echo

 echo "<h2>" . "Posted on:   " . $row['Date'] . "</h2>";

and this works fine, but its outputting it in a format I don’t desire.
It’s currently displayed as:

Posted on: 2012-11-03 16:17:29

Id prefer it to be something like

Posted on: 3rd November 2012 at 16:15

Is this easily done?

Answer 1

Use the MySQL function DATE_FORMAT() when you select the date out of your database.

Example:

SELECT DATE_FORMAT( Date, 'Posted on: %D %M %Y at %H:%i') AS FormattedDate FROM `Blog`