<?php // decoding a date from the xsd format

function name_of_month ($nbm){ // $nbm = number of month as string
   $name_of_month= array(
      "01" => "January",
      "02" => "February",
      "03" => "March",
      "04" => "April",
      "05" => "May",
      "06" => "June",
      "07" => "July",
      "08" => "August",
      "09" => "September",
      "10" => "October",
      "11" => "November",
      "12" => "December"
   );

   return $name_of_month[$nbm];
}

function day_of_month ($nbd){  // $nbm = number of day as string
	$nb = $nbd+0;
	switch( $nb ){
		case 1 : return '1st';
		case 2 : return '2nd';
		case 3 : return '3rd';
		default : return $nb.'th';
	}
}

function decoDate ($xsd){
	$expreg = '/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/'; // 1797-08-30
	preg_match ($expreg, $xsd, $tab);
	// echo name_of_month ($tab[2])." ".day_of_month ($tab[3]).", $tab[1]\n";
	return name_of_month ($tab[2])." ".day_of_month ($tab[3]).", $tab[1]";
}

//decodate ('1797-08-02'); --> August 2nd, 1797
?>