Hi Malayappa, Use the following way: list($m, $d, $y, $h, $i, $s) = sscanf('01-31-2009 13:24:27', "%2d-%2d-%4d %2d:%2d:%2d"); echo sprintf("%2d%-2d%-4d %2d:%2d", $d, $m, $y, $h, $i); Repost if you get any issue. Thanks & Regards Udayakumar Sarangapani Sr. PHP Developer CompIndia Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Chennai. "Science is nothing but logic..." ________________________________ From: malayappa2000 <malayappa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, 2 February, 2009 5:31:24 PM Subject: how to split the stirng(02-02-2009 13:24:27) hi guys we are the fallowing sting 01-31-2009 13:24:27 we need to split sec in the above stirng i.e we need out put in the fallowing formta 01-31-2009 13:24 provide some help ho to achive this. Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]