Displaying dates in different formats in PHP

 echo date("Y-m-d");

 echo date("Y/m/d");
 echo date("M d, Y");
 echo date("F d, Y");
 echo date("D M d, Y");
 echo date("l F d, Y");
 echo date("l F d, Y, h:i:s");
 echo date("l F d, Y, h:i A");


OUTPUT:
2010-12-16
2010/12/16
Dec 16, 2010
December 16, 2010
Thu Dec 16, 2010
Thursday December 16, 2010
Thursday December 16, 2010, 02:51:38
Thursday December 16, 2010, 02:51 AM


Reference: http://www.php-learn-it.com/php_date.html