Re: Formatting Date (m/d/yyyy) To Timestamp

strtotime converts to timestamp, date can be used to convert it to a specific format, ex: echo date("Y-m-d", strtotime('1/1/2021')); On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 7:01 PM Serge Fonville <serge.fonville@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn't seem to work. What I did: $d1 = 'strtotime('1/1/2021'); echo >> $d1;' Echos: '980053200' That in human form is: 'November 30, >> -0001' Not >> what I want... any idea why? > > You are converting the timestamp to a string again using echo, this > outputs a unix epoch. You should instead treat $d1 as > > Perhaps if you share a bigger part of your code, it would be easier to be > of help. > > > > Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, > > Serge Fonville > > http://www.sergefonville.nl > > > Op ma 11 jan. 2021 om 00:51 schreef Talin Sharma <talinsharma.in@gmail.com > >: > >> It doesn't seem to work. What I did: $d1 = 'strtotime('1/1/2021'); echo >> $d1;' Echos: '980053200' That in human form is: 'November 30, >> -0001' Not >> what I want... any idea why? >> >> >> Thanks: >> Talin Sharma >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 6:30 PM Serge Fonville <serge.fonville@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Talin, >>> >>> Would >>> https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php solve your >>> conversion problem? >>> >>> Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet, >>> >>> Serge Fonville >>> >>> http://www.sergefonville.nl >>> >>> >>> Op ma 11 jan. 2021 om 00:18 schreef Talin Sharma < >>> talinsharma.in@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I have a string: '1/1/2021'. I want to turn this into a timestamp for >>>> entering into MySql. I have tried everything I could find. Please let me >>>> know how to proceed. >>>> >>>> Also, let me know if you need more information. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks: >>>> Talin Sharma >>>> >>>