<?php
$db_date = "2007-2-13"; // Date from database
list($year, $month, $day) = split('-', $db_date);
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year); // Returns UNIX timestamp for $db_date
$nicedate = date("F j, Y", $timestamp);
echo $nicedate;
?>
 
<!-- All together now -->
 
<?php
$db_date = "2007-2-13" // Date from database
list($year, $month, $day) = split('-', $db_date);
echo date("F j, Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year));
?>