Pulling date via $_GET from URL, parsing it into strings to be used later

date.php

  <?php
    // No date is set if they didn't click a specific date
		$eventDate = false;

    // If 'date' is in the URL
		if(isset($_GET[date])) {
      
      // Date is set
			$eventDate = true;
      
      // Splitting the string to get individual values
			$dateString = explode('-',$_GET[date]);
			$eventDay = $dateString[0];
			$eventMonth = $dateString[1];
			$eventYear = $dateString[2];
      
      // The full, textual representation of the date. "F" = November; "j" = 3; "Y" = 2015;
      $eventTotal = date("F j, Y",strtotime($_GET[date]));
    }
	?>
    <section id="single">
      <?php
        <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>

        <?php if($eventDate == true) { // If the date is set?>
          <h4>
        <?php echo $eventTotal; // Echo textual representation of date?> 
        at  10:00pm
          </h4>
          <?php } ?>