> Is there a way how to change the date and time format accepted and > returned by MySQL from 'yyyy-mm-dd' to something different? I've seen > several posts here telling it's impossible but they are quite old. Is > it still true in recent MySQL versions? I can see date_format, > datetime_format and time_format in SHOW VARIABLES, it's even > documented somewhere (e.g. http://mysqld.active-venture.com/SET_OPTION.html ) > but it seems it doesn't do anything in MySQL 4.1.7.
`mysqld.exe --help --verbose | grep _format` says: --date_format=name The DATE format (For future). So I guess the variable is prepared but not used for anything yet. -- Jakub Vrana -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]