Something like this would work: ===================== <?php
function dateConvert($date) { $newdate = ""; $newdate .= substr($date,0,2); $newdate .= "-"; $newdate .= substr($date,2,2); $newdate .= "-"; $newdate .= substr($date,4,4); return $newdate; } echo dateConvert("04212004"); ?> "Adam Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, I have a form where I have a user entering in the date in a numeric > string. For today they would enter 04212004 and so on...I'm working on > this date within mysql server, and mssql server handles dates as > 04-21-2004 when you use convert(varchar,field,110). So how in PHP can I > change a variable's value which is 04122004 into 04-21-2204 > > thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php