Format a date - without time?

Question

I have a date:

30/12/2010

I use:

DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $input['date']);

But this outputs:

2010-12-30 21:15:37

How can I output just the date and not the time?

Answer 1

You can write a "!" before the format string.

DateTime::createFromFormat('!d/m/Y', $input['date']);

This will set the time to midnight.

Answer 2

In fact, your solution is in your question. createFromFormat method return to us a DateTime object.You can use it to print formatted date time.

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $input['date']);
echo $date->format("Y-m-d");