String to Date Conversion Problem

Hi, Guys: I am trying to turn a prepared line into a date format, and the string looks something like this: 23 JUL 09 - THURSDAY, and I am trying to change the string to a mm/dd/yyyy format that looks like 07/23/2009. I tried to use strtotime() but it gave me nothing. Here is the code: list($date,$month,$year,$dash,$day) = split(" ",$line,5); echo "<date2>" . strtotime($date . "\s" . $month . "\s" . $year). "</date2>"; Could anyone on the list please give me a hint on what I might have done wrong here? Thanks for your help. Alice _________________________________________________________________ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC.  Get a free 90-day trial! http://www.windowsonecare.com/purchase/trial.aspx?sc_cid=wl_wlmail