I would include a pattern matching line: $date = "2011-07-29"; $list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $date); With whatever is cooler than a date, or with

I would include a pattern matching line: $date = "2011-07-29"; $list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $date); With whatever is cooler than a date, or with the company's creation date.