PHP - How to display the date in an appropriate format using PHP?
You should use the special date function in PHP. Take a look at the example <?php echo date("D M d"); ?> will display: Mon Feb 03 where Y = Year eg. 2003 y = Year eg. 03 M = Month eg. Jan m = Month eg. 01 D = Day eg. Fri d = Day eg. 03 z = Day of the year eg. 002 H = Hours in 24 hour format eg. 07 h = Hours in 12 hour format eg. 7 i = Minutes eg. 29 s = Seconds eg. 28 U = Seconds since epoch eg. 1041604168