How to parse a date string in PHP?

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Either with the DateTime API (requires PHP 5.3+):

$dateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat('F d, Y', 'Apr 30, 2010');
echo $dateTime->format('Y-m-d');

or the same in procedural style (requires PHP 5.3+):

$dateTime = date_create_from_format('F d, Y', 'Apr 30, 2010');
echo date_format($dateTime, 'Y-m-d');

or classic (requires PHP4+):

$dateTime = strtotime('Apr 30, 2010');
echo date('Y-m-d', $dateTime);

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