- date_create_from_format: documentation ( source)
- date: documentation ( source)
- strtotime: documentation ( source)
<?php
$date = '01 Feb 2017';
echo DateTime::createFromFormat('M Y', $date)->format('d/m/Y') . PHP_EOL;
echo date_create_from_format('M Y', $date)->format('d/m/Y') . PHP_EOL;
echo date('d/m/Y', strtotime($date));