Formatting MySQL datetime field in PHP

If you would like to get a nice format on the datetime field stored in MySQL, use the following code:

<?php

    $datetime = strtotime($row_links['dateAdded']); // The date time field
    $formatDate = date("m/d/y g:i A", $datetime);
    echo $formatDate;

?>

This will output something like:

01/01/12 8:07 PM

If you want more formatting options for the date(), you can review the manual on PHP.net here.