Convert date to day name e.g. Mon, Tue, Wed

Question

I have a variable that outputs the date in the following format:

201308131830 

Which is 2013 - Aug - 13 - 18:30

I am using this to retrieve the day name but it is getting the wrong days:

$dayname = date('D', strtotime($longdate)); 

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

This is what happens when you store your dates and times in a non-standard format. Working with them become problematic.

$datetime = DateTime::createFromFormat('YmdHi', '201308131830'); echo $datetime->format('D'); 

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