date time to string php

PHP
$date_string_prepared = date_create("2020-08-07");
$date_string = $date_string_prepared->format("d M Y");
// result 07 Jul 2020$s = '06/10/2011 19:00:02';
$date = strtotime($s);
echo date('d/M/Y H:i:s', $date);
The above one is the one of the example of converting a string to date.
echo $s ->format('Y-m-d');
The above one is another method $today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");                 // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
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