MySQL Datetime to PHP date format

An easy one today. I often have to remind myself of how to convert a MySQL datetime to something a little more usable... a UNIX timestamp.

The strototime version

It is incredibly easy, just use the PHP strtotime function.

$timestamp=strtotime($result->my_datetime);

Now you can print the date in any format you want:

printdate("Y-m-d H:i:s",$timestamp);

PHP5 Convert MySQL Datetime to PHP date format

If you are using PHP5, the following should accomplish the same thing.