Date format Conversion problem

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I have upload the excel sheet to mysql database using the php excel reader

here i have problem with date format:

1. my date format in excel sheet 12/09/2011 (DD/MM/YYYY).

2. here i'm convert date in using

$variable=date('Y-m-d',strtotime($date_variable));

after the conversion
my date is 2011-12-09 (Y-m-d)

month is date is working wrong .

what will do now?

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by `maniprak...@gmail.com` on 22 Sep 2011 at 6:47

Attachments:
- [example.php](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/php-excel-reader/issue-127/comment-0/example.php)

Start by reading the attached example.php and the PHP date conversion shown in the report, then trace how its output is passed to MySQL. Confirm the intended DD/MM/YYYY interpretation and that the stored value preserves the day and month; the report names no repository file or test to run.

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