string to date and back

string to date and back

<?php

//September 15,2013


$date = "2013-09-15";


$utc = strtotime($date);

//Stuff to put it into the database (int 32)

//Sort by Date ASC/DES

//$array['date'] this is your utc timestamp 35135103513420.=

//http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
$realtime = date("m-d-Y", $array['date']); 

echo $realtime;
//prints 09-15-2013