在PHP中将日期时间转换为其他格式

Question

I was trying to convert a datetime to another format.

 $original_value = "10-30-2013 14:19:12";

It is in m-d-Y H:i:s format and i want to convert it into Y-m-d H:i:s to save it to the database.

I've already tried the ff:

 $original_value = "10-30-2013 14:19:12";
 $date = new DateTime(strtotime($original_value));
 echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

 output: 2013-10-16 14:31:19
 // which is wrong since it gets the current datetime value

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 $original_value = "10-30-2013 14:19:12";
 echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($original_value))

 output: 1970-01-01 08:00:00
 // which is also invalid

How can i do this kind of thing. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

See DateTime::createFromFormat():

$original_value = '10-30-2013 14:19:12';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d-Y H:i:s', $original_value);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');