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Andrew mwendo
5,712 Pointsplease i need your help this is my code
When saving a date in a 'date' field, you need make sure the date is formatted properly. The correct format is YYYY-MM-DD.
Complete the function to convert a passed date into a SQL safe date and return the results using the following requirements:
Use the date() function to properly format the passed date.
Use the strtotime() function to accept anything from a date in a different format to a string like 'yesterday'.
<?php
function convert_date_sql($date) {
//add your code here
$date = strtotime($date);
$date = date('yyyy-mm-dd',$date);
return $date;
}
2 Answers
Prince Mandaza
2,943 Points<?php
function convert_date_sql($date) {
$date = strtotime($date);
$date = date('Y-m-d',$date);
return $date;
}
?>
Victor Belizario
17,616 Pointsreturn date("Y-m-d", strtotime($date));
Charles Fields
4,205 PointsWow, I was way over-thinking this!
Fortunately, I had heavy doubt of understanding the question so decided to check the forum before writing too much code.
Thanks, Victor!