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via xml, I am getting variables that give time in this format: 2012-06-25 19:00:00
I'd like it to be converted in this format: June 25 - 7:00PM
I have looked at mktime and strtotime, but im not sure how to handle a format that comes as a date AND time.
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As you said, you can use strtotime:
echo date('F-m - h:iA', strtotime($old_format));
<?php
$input = "2012-06-25 19:00:00";
$dateTimeObject = new DateTime($input);
echo "First way: " . $dateTimeObject->format("F d - g:iA") . "<br>
";
$date = date("F d - g:iA", strtotime($input));
echo "Second way: " . $date;