Helper::convertDate2HTML PHP Method

    public static function convertDate2HTML($value, $empty_string = '-')
    {
        $time = strtotime($value);
        if ($time) {
            return '<span class="day">' . date('j', $time) . '</span><span class="mth">' . date('M', $time) . '</span><span class="yr">' . date('Y', $time) . '</span>';
        } else {
            return $empty_string;
        }
    }