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The date_format() function is a built-in function in PHP programming language. This funtion will return a new DateTime object and then format the date. In this post, I will share a PHP date_format() function with example.

Syntax:

Below is the Syntax of date_format() funtion in PHP code.

1	date_format(object,format);

Example 1) strtotime() function

<?php

$date=date_create("2013-03-15");

echo date_format($date,"Y/m/d H:i:s");

Outout:

2013/03/15 00:00:00

Example 2) Procedural style

<?php

$date = date_create_from_format('j-M-Y', '15-Feb-2009');

echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d');

2009-02-15

Example 3) Object oriented style

<?php

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', '15-Feb-2009');

echo $date->format('Y-m-d');

2009-02-15