<?php include_once('../adodb-time.inc.php'); //adodb_date_test(); ?> <?php //require("adodb-time.inc.php"); $datestring = "1963-12-04"; // string normally from mySQL $stringArray = explode("-", $datestring); $date = adodb_mktime(0,0,0,$stringArray[1],$stringArray[2],$stringArray[0]); $convertedDate = date("d-M-Y", $date); // converted string to UK style date echo( "Birthday: $convertedDate" ); //why is string returned as one day (3 not 4) less for this example?? ?>