$old_date = date('l, F d y h:i:s'); // returns Saturday, January 30 10 02:06:34 $old_date_timestamp = strtotime($old_date); $new_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $old_date_timestamp);
$var = '20/04/2012'; $date = str_replace('/', '-', $var); echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));