title: PHP Date Formatting not working wen using date_format()
body: <p>I have a date field I'm pulling from WordPress, where the default format is: </p>
  
  <p>16/12/2016</p>
  
  <p>Been a while since I played with PHP, but I remember the way to format dates was: <code>echo date_format($date,"[format syntax]");</code></p>
  
  <p>But when I do</p>
  
  <pre><code>$date = myWPField;
  echo date_format($date,"F d, y");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If doesn't display the date.</p>
  
  <p>What am I missing. Has this changed?</p>