[solved] Views: Recommended method for using MySQL datetime stamp

Hi all,

I've stored a time in my database as a MySQL datetime stamp (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS). I want to reformat it (change from 24-hour to 12-hour) when displaying in my template.

When I was using raw PHP, I would just call

<?PHP
$formatted = date('Y-m-d g:i:s A',strtotime($timestamp_from_db));

However, when I override Volt's default call to date() and substitute that in, I get this error: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ''; ?>' (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE)"

Here is the code in my Bootstrap that sets up Volt:

<?PHP
    $View->registerEngines(['.phtml'=> function($View,$DI) use ($Config){
                                            $Volt = new \Phalcon\Mvc\View\Engine\Volt($View,$DI);
                                            $Volt->setOptions([ 'compiledPath'  =>  $Config->app->viewsCompileDir,
                                                                'compileAlways' =>  $Config->app->viewsCompileAlways
                                                              ]);
                                            $Compiler = $Volt->getCompiler();
                                            $Compiler->addFunction('date',function($args){
                                                return date($args[0],strtotime($args[1]));
                                            });
                                            return $Volt;
                                        }
                            ]);

Here is the code in my Volt template that invokes my overridden date() function, and which generates the error:

{{ date('Y-m-d g:i:s A',Request.date_submitted) }}

Oh, and as you can see I have Volt set to always re-compile the templates.

Thanks!