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<?php
$freshdate = '09/07/2015 (Mon)';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat("m/d/Y (D", rtrim($freshdate, ')'));
if (!$date) {
var_dump('error', DateTime::getLastErrors());
}
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');