time & date format convert

[Fridge-Door]

I want to store dates and times in a number format. Like November = 11 and 1:30 = 0130. Is there a function that will help me convert say 11 to November or Nov.

[<h1>]

say $date is the date you want to format

$formatted = date("d m Y", strtotime($date)); 

See PHP date() for formatting options