I need to convert a date retrieved from user input to a mysql date. Here the problem, I need to convert one of three possible combinations, either 01/01/2008,01-01-2008 or 01.01.2008. I can't use explode because it's limited to one character to explode on. I would prefer not to use regexp, but think I am going to have to. The one part of the code that works below is using 01/01/2008 format. Any suggestions echo $olddate = '06/06/2008'; echo "<br />"; echo $olddate2 = '06-16-2008'; echo "<br />"; echo $olddate3 = '06.26.2008'; echo "<br />"; echo $newdate = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($olddate)); echo "<br />"; echo $newdate2 = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($olddate2)); echo "<br />"; echo $newdate3 = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($olddate3)); markb -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php