RE: [PHP-WIN] Date format

Lots of ways to skin this particular cat.. Here's one way I'd do it (broken out a bit so you can follow the flow): $date = "1965-12-25"; List($year,$month,$day) = explode("-",$date); $monthtext = date("M",mktime(0,0,0,$month,date("d"),date("Y"))); $fixeddate = "$day-$monthtext-$year"; You're right though, mktime doesn't like dates prior to 1/1/1970 (at least on this Windows system) so I'd manipulate it in pieces. If all you need to do is translate the "12" into a "Dec" then just pull the month out and pick any day and year. This will work fine unless you're trying to get "day of the week". -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: Sudeep Zamudra [mailto:sudeep_zamudra@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:48 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Date format > > > Hi everyone, > > I want to convert a date 1965-12-25 into the format: 25-Dec-1965. > When i use mktime it works fine for any date after the year > 1970. It doesn't work for any date before 1970. Help please. > Is there any function that shows the date in the above > required format. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' >