Switch day and month in date php

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I have string holding a date like \[code\]$date_1 = '24/12/2010 23:59:59';\[/code\]I want to convert it to\[code\] $dte_2 = '12/24/2010 23:59:59';\[/code\]What would be the fastest way to do this in php