The ConvertDateTime() function takes a date and time string in the typical MySQL format (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) and formats it as instructed by the formatting string.

1.  <?php
2.  // $datetime should contain the date and time in the 2007-09-19 14:08:06 format (common in MySQL)
3.  // $format should contain the desired date and time format, as described at php.net/date
4.  function ConvertDateTime($datestamp, $format)
5.  {
6.          if($datestamp != 0)
7.          {
8.                  // Splits the date in multiple variables
9.                  list($date, $time) = split(" ", $datestamp);
10.                 list($year, $month, $day) = split("-", $date);
11.                 list($hour, $minute, $second) = split(":", $time);
12.                 // Gets the unix time by passing the variables we just initialized
13.                 $stampeddate = mktime($hour,$minute,$second,$month,$day,$year);
14.                 // Creates the new date and formats it according to the formatting strings
15.                 $datestamp= date($format,$stampeddate);
16.                 // Returns the formatted date
17.                 return $datestamp;
18.         }
19. }
20.  
21. echo ConvertDateTime("2007-09-19 14:08:06", "M d Y - H:m");
22. ?>