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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Reading and Writing Reports Working with Dates

Ronaldo Fialho
Ronaldo Fialho
5,105 Points
Posted by Ronaldo Fialho
Ronaldo Fialho
5,105 Points

Converting date

<?php

function convert_date_sql($date) { //add your code here $results = date('Y/m/d', strtotime($date)); return $results; } echo convert_date_sql("yesterday");

Need help, guys!! it seems to me is converting to the right format. What can possible be wrong? it says i'm not returning the right date.

index.php 
<?php

function convert_date_sql($date) {
    //add your code here
  $results =  date('Y/m/d', strtotime($date));
  return $results;
}
echo convert_date_sql("yesterday");

1 Answer

Michael Collins
Michael Collins
3,447 Points
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
3,447 Points

Hi Ronaldo,

They are asking for the date format of YYYY-MM-DD.

So what you have done is correct, except you have used forward slashes rather than hyphens. It should be:

<?php
function convert_date_sql($date) {
    //add your code here
  $results = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));
  return $results;
}
echo convert_date_sql("yesterday");
?>
Ronaldo Fialho
Ronaldo Fialho
5,105 Points
Ronaldo Fialho
Ronaldo Fialho
5,105 Points

Great!! Thx Michael!!! you're right!!!