Change date format for an attribute

[gabush]

Hello,

The date format for my begin_date attribute is displaying like : 2015-04-25 00:00:00
and i want it like : 25 04 2015.

I tried 

<?php 
    echo $this->helper('core')->formatDate(getbegin_date(), Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT); 
?>

But it Dont work

I tried 

$begin_date = '2011-12-11';
    Mage::helper('core')->formatDate($begin_date, 'medium', false);        echo $_product->getData('begin_date') ?>

But it dont work...

Thanks for your help

[theMageComp]

Try this:

$source = '2015-04-25 00:00:00';
$date = new DateTime($source);
echo $date->format('d m Y'); // 25 04 2015

 It will work.