I suspect that your problem is that you are converting your date field to a
string before sorting. You shouldn't use the same name for the alias as you
do for the field. Try
$result= mysql_query("SELECT date_format(date, '%d/%m/%Y') as
formatted_date, title,
id, display FROM news ORDER BY date DESC ");
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Hulford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:49 PM
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: ordering dates
>
> $result= mysql_query("SELECT date_format(date, '%d/%m/%Y') as
> date, title,
> id, display FROM news ORDER BY date DESC ");
>
> I have the query above the problem is oders them like so
>
> 30/05/2007
> 29/07/2007
> 25/0/2007
>
>
> The order is taken by the first number. Is there any way to
> order them
> properly without a timestamp?
>
>
> Ta,
>
> R.
>
>
>
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