How to set mysql date from a result set to a php datetime object?


i am trying to set the date and time (DateTime stored in mysql database) to a php DateTime object, one way is to override the class some how to make that happen, but is there any easier way than that?

e.g.
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setDate($mysql_resultset['date_time']);

and then format that date according and display it.

One Response to “How to set mysql date from a result set to a php datetime object?”

  • George Garchagudashvili:

    $date = date(‘Y-m-d’,strtotime($date_from_mysql));
    you can use any date formatting as first parameter, second is date string.

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