Create new time date format – PHP

$old_date = date('y-m-d-h-i-s');
$new_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($old_date));


Change how it looks


$timewanted = '14:00:30';
OUTPUT 14:00
echo $new_date = date('H:i', strtotime($timewanted));


and convert date format

$dob = "1940-01-02";
echo $dob = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($dob));

OUTPUT 02-01-1940