RE: [PHP] HELP! Date formatting

$date = 30/12/1956; $month = Array(1=>'Jan', 2=>'Feb', .... 12->'Dec'); // The array of month... function date_format($date) { Global $month; $date = explode('/', $date); // And it became to you an array... return $date[0].'-'.$month[$date[1]].'-'.$date[2]; } //will return 30-Dec-1956 Cheers, Maxim Maletsky -----Original Message----- From: Niel Zeeman [mailto:NZeeman@BTech.co.za] Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 2:46 PM To: php gen list Subject: [PHP] HELP! Date formatting Hi Ive gotto format a date such as 30/12/1956 to format 30-Dec-1956, I can not use mktime cause that only provides the timestamp from 1970. Is there any other method of getting this right. thnx Niel Zeeman Tel(W): (043)7014247 Cell: 082 651 4083 eMail: nzeeman@btech.co.za