mysql time_stamp format
$mydate = DATEFORMAT(columnName, %b-%D-%Y);

$query  = "SELECT comment, DATE_FORMAT(postdate, '%b %D %Y') FROM sessionscomments WHERE session = 'Geoarge'";
$result = mysql_query($query);

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{

    echo    "<div id=fav>";
    echo    strip_tags( "Date: {$row['postdate']}");

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(columnName, '%b %D %Y') AS my_date
FROM tableName;

$my_date = date('M jS Y', $timestamp);

DATE_FORMAT(columnName, '%b %D %Y')

SELECT someColumn, anotherColumn, DATE_FORMAT(dateColumn, '%b %D %Y') AS formattedDate