Formating the echo of a session timestamp

[endouken]

Hey guys & gals,

 

i have the following code:

<?php
$date= $_SESSION['date'];
echo $date;
?>

 

Which is an echo of an earlier page:

<?php $_SESSION['date'] = date("c")?>;

 

How do i format the echo of the first quote code? At present it echo's like so...

2011-03-30T15:43:43+01:00

 

...which although is useful for back office purposes, not so easy on the eye for the customer.  How can i format so it's like DATE-MONTH-YEAR?  I have googled this and there are examples, but none for when echoing a $_SESSION which is where i'm falling flat on my face.

 

I tried this: but it doesn't work :-(

echo $startdate ("F j, Y")

 

Thanks in advance to all who read and reply

 

 

[xangelo]

You're almost there. Try this:

<?php 
echo date('F j, Y',$_SESSION['date']);
?>

 

[endouken]

You're almost there. Try this:

<?php 
echo date('F j, Y',$_SESSION['date']);
?>

 

Thanks.

 

That Echoed:

January 1, 1970

 

So almost worked.  I know the $_SESSION['date'] is OK - as underneath i have echo $_SESSION['date'] just to check...

 

Any further thoughts?

 

Thanks!

[ManiacDan]

<?php 
echo date('F j, Y', strtotime($_SESSION['date']));

[endouken]

<?php 
echo date('F j, Y', strtotime($_SESSION['date']));

 

Perfect, missing that damned strtotime - many thanks!  *bows down to your greatness*

 

[ManiacDan]

You could avoid this entire problem by using the proper format for date() on the first page that you set this variable on.  There's no reason to set $_SESSION['date'] to a formatted string you have no intention of using, only to convert it back to a timestamp and then into another formatted string later on.

 

-Dan