PHP date time format for UK

Question

I have date variable i need to convert to a another type of date formats

//the date and time
$date="16-03-2014 00:16:01";

the format i want convert is like below

Sunday 16th of March 00:16:01

can someone please help me to do this.

Answer 1

Use DateTime::createFromFormat to create a Datetime object, then output with specified format.

$date="16-03-2014 00:16:01";

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i:s', $date);
echo $date->format('l jS \of F H:i:s');