Tiny php snippet needed for date format

Sorry to disturb you guys...
I need a tiny and easy php snippet (one or two lines), because my bad php skills already come to an end here. 😶

Situation:
1. I have a database entry called "cb_birthday". Data is abvously saved in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
2. I can sucessfully display this birthday in a field of my ChronoForms from.

<?php echo $user_info->cb_birthday; ?>" />

Unfortunately the displayed information looks like YYYY-MM-DD, but I need the date format DD.MM.YYYY ...

My idea:
Echo variable $birthday2 (like above) and previously define something like:

$birthday2 = $user_info->cb_birthday formatted to DD.MM.YYYY

Now what's the correct php syntax for that line?

Thanks in advance and best regards,
Kepp

Hi kepp,

Use the PHP strtotime function to create a timestamp; then date() to format it.

Something like

<?php echo date('m-d-Y', strtotime($user_info->cb_birthday)); ?>" />

Not tested and may need debugging.

Bob

Something like

<?php echo date('m-d-Y', strtotime($user_info->cb_birthday)); ?>" />

That's it, thanks a lot!
Those $25 were worth every cent of it! 😀

Acually needed this for myself. Good quest. kepp and thanks for the answer Greyhead 😀