How to make the date of articles in the format day, month, year?

Question

PHP

My date is in year, month, day format. Must be done as shown in the photo.

Answer 1

procedural style

echo date_format(date_create('2016-05-18'), 'd.m.Y');
echo date('d.m.Y', strtotime('2016-05-18'));

OOP

echo (new \DateTime('2016-05-18'))->format('d.m.Y');

Answer 2

date('dmY', time create);

Answer 3

The database type is DATE, <?php echo date('dmY', time create);?> throws an error!