$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', "24/04/2012"); echo $date->format('Y-m-d');
<?php // both lines output 813470400 echo strtotime("19951012"), "\n", strtotime("12 October 1995"); // prints 1995 Oct 12 echo date("Y-m-d", strtotime("19951012")); ?>