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• March 2, 2023 at 4:24 pm #4044651
  

  Reversing date format in php form

  by rob167 · about 1 day, 18 hours ago

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  I have a simple php contact form with a date picker.
  However, the email received from the form reverses the date eg. instead of 20/3/2023 I get 2023/3/20.

  My backend form processor file:

  //Assign data form array
  $date = $_POST[‘bookdate’];

  // Construct email body
  $body_message .= ‘Preferred Date: ‘ . $date . “\r\n”;

  thanks

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• • March 2, 2023 at 4:27 pm #4044652
    

    Re: date format

    by kees_b · about 1 day, 18 hours ago

    In reply to Reversing date format in php form

    And what is your question?

    • March 2, 2023 at 4:43 pm #4044661
      

      Re: date format

      by rob167 · about 1 day, 18 hours ago

      In reply to Re: date format

      Good point! How do I reverse the format to read normally.

  • March 2, 2023 at 5:21 pm #4044671
    

    There are many accepted date formats.

    by rproffitt · about 1 day, 17 hours ago

    In reply to Reversing date format in php form

    From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13030918/php-reverse-date-function I see there’s a PHP function called date_create_from_format which looks fine for this use.

    That said, as I worked in the US, Canada and Taiwan I rarely had an issue with what date formats were used. It’s a good thing that the year is all 4 digits so that leaves us to figure out what is month and day at times.

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