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I have the following $mydate = "26 January, 2012, 5:05 AM";

I want to format this date properly so I can insert it into a post_date. Is there a simple way to do it?

$post_ information = array (
    //other data is also inserted
    'post_date' => $mydate;
);
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  • strtotime would be your best bet but it doesn't work. Where did you get that date string?
    – s_ha_dum
    Apr 18, 2013 at 2:55
  • If you can back up a step or two it might be easier. If not, you probably have to parse that string with regex.
    – s_ha_dum
    Apr 18, 2013 at 3:00
  • @s_ha_dum I got this from an RSS feed that I am reading. I am basically trying to import the data into a post. Everything works fine except that I can't get the date to format properly.
    – John
    Apr 18, 2013 at 3:09
  • In mysql, the accepted date format is Y-m-d H:i:s, u can customized the display of post date in post loop Apr 18, 2013 at 3:10
  • @TamilSelvan I understand about the formatting being Y-m-d H:i:s but... the issue is how do we get "26 January, 2012, 5:05 AM"; to look like Y-m-d H:i:s
    – John
    Apr 18, 2013 at 3:37

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That format is almost readable by strtotime. Remove the commas and it will convert.

$t = '27 January, 2012, 5:05 AM';
$t = str_replace(',','',$t);
$t = strtotime($t);
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$t);

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