Date Formatting

Hi,


In a table on my database I have a field 'date'. This is an automatic entry and records when an entry is added to the database.

Using the avriable $date I can then display on the web page "Item added on $date".

However currently it is in the format 2002-12-18 and I would like it in the format 18-12-2002 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Currently the code is looking like this..

while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result))

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$date=$r["date"];

How can I change it to get the correct format. I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I'm just getting to grips with php and really appreciate any replies.

Thank you.