I believe there is a bug in the date documentation, as seen 
below:
Shouldn't $today = date("j, m, Y");  write 10, 03, 2001 
instead of 10, 3, 2001?


Example 4. date() Formatting 
/* Today is March 10th, 2001, 5:16:18 pm */
$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");                 // March 
10, 2001, 5:16 pm
$today = date("m.d.y");                         // 03.10.01
$today = date("j, m, Y");                       // 10, 3, 
2001
$today = date("Ymd");                           // 20010310
$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day z ');  // 
05-16-17, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Fripm01
$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.');   // It is 
the 10th day.
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y");               // Sat Mar 
10 15:16:08 MST 2001
$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h');     // 17:03:17 
m is month
$today = date("H:i:s");                         // 17:16:17