How can German dates be stored in MySQL and displayed in PHP?

To store German dates in MySQL and display them in PHP, you can use the DATE data type in MySQL to store dates in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'. When retrieving the dates in PHP, you can use the date() function with the 'd.m.Y' format specifier to display them in the German date format 'DD.MM.YYYY'. 

// Storing German date in MySQL
$date = '2022-12-31';
$query = "INSERT INTO table_name (date_column) VALUES ('$date')";
// Execute the query

// Displaying German date in PHP
$result = // Retrieve date from database
$germanDate = date('d.m.Y', strtotime($result['date_column']));
echo $germanDate;

Keywords

MySQL German dates PHP date format localization

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