Date("m-d-Y h:i A");

Date("D, d M Y H:i:s T");

$split1 = split("-:",$postdate);

/*this leaves us with this array
array(
   [0] => "M"
   [1] => "d"
   [2] => "Y "
   [3] => "h"
   [4] => "i A"
);
*/ 

$split2 = trim($split[2]);
$split3 = split(" ", $split[4]);

//now this is a pain in the ass...
/*
$split[0] is month
$split[1] is day
$split2 is year
$split1[3] is hour
$split3[0] is minutes
$split3[1] Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
*/

mktime(hour, minute, second, month, day, year);

$My_new_date = date("D, d M Y H:i:s T", mktime($split1[3], $split3[0], 00, $split[0], $split[1], $split2));

$date = date( "D, d M Y H:i:s T" , strtotime( convert_date( $day . ' ' . $hour ) ));

<?

$postdate = "08-31-2005";
$posttime = "05:54 AM";

$pd_array = explode("-",$postdate);
$pt_array = split('[ :]',$posttime);
if ($pt_array[2] == "PM") {
	$pt_array[0] += 12;
}

$display2 = date("D, d M Y H:i:s T",mktime($pt_array[0], $pt_array[1], 0, $pd_array[0], $pd_array[1], $pd_array[2]));

echo $display2;

?>

<?

$postdate = "08-31-2005";
$posttime = "05:54 AM";

$pd_array = explode("-",$postdate);
$pt_array = split('[ :]',$posttime);
if ($pt_array[2] == "PM" && $pt_array[2] != 12) {
	$pt_array[0] += 12;
}

$display2 = date("D, d M Y H:i:s T",mktime($pt_array[0], $pt_array[1], 0, $pd_array[0], $pd_array[1], $pd_array[2]));

echo $display2;

?>