I use string manipulation on the date, basically split it into $day, $month 
and $year and use this to product formatted output.

Ben

At 17:51 18/03/2002, Ryan wrote:

>Hi, I'm trying to create an events page, where it shows the posted
>events.  I enter data using phpmyadmin.  Currently, the ouput is like
>this:
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>Conference in New York
>2002-03-06
>
>There is going to be a conference in New York next week.
>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>I'm having trouble with the formatting of the date.  I'm using the type
>date with the function now, so it shows the current date when I post an
>event.  Here is what I would like:
>
>--------------------------------------------------------
>Conference in New York
>Wednesday, March 5th, 2002
>
>There is going to be a conference in New York next week.
>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
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>Ryan Spangler
>428 N Harmony Ln, Apt. 3
>Whitewater, WI 53190
>(262) 473-8392
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>
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