PHP - epoch to date with PHP substr

Question

<?php
// "node_created":"1553498100" get value from API
$newsdate = $row->node_created;
?>
<p class="news-date"><?php print date("F j, Y", substr($newsdate, 0, 10)); ?></p> 
// output $newsdate March 25, 2019

 

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