# Formatting Date from RSS XML

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-date-from-rss-xml/294768>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-date-from-rss-xml/294768 "2009-08-19T16:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spykes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Spykes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Spykes)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/formatting-date-from-rss-xml/294768/1 "2009-08-19T16:20:54Z")

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I have a date field in my RSS XML field. I would like to display just the month and day in my Flash rotator. How can I parse just the data I need?

XML:

```php
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:28:58 CST</pubDate>

```

I would like to only display: **Aug. 18**