Andy, Assuming you have not made a mistake in reading 02:53:32 as afternoon, when in fact it appears to have been early-morning; is there a problem with the code that INSERTs the data in 12-hour instead of 24-hour format? =dn
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Kinder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 20 November 2001 15:47 Subject: Re: 24 hour query confusion.... > 3076 is 2:53 in the morning, not the afternoon. > > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 08:46 am, Andy wrote: > > Summary > > If I have a filed of type "DATETIME" in a table and do a query with an > > order on that field than records with a datetime in the afternoon are > > returned before articles in the morning. > > > > EG: > > mysql> select pubtime,articleid,headline from articles where articleid > > mysql> >3050 order by pubtime; > > > > will return: > > | 2001-11-20 02:53:32 | 3076 | "Simpsons" collections coming next year > > | 2001-11-20 10:02:06 | 3073 | Pearl Harbor > > | 2001-11-20 11:05:45 | 3074 | Simpsons season 2 at the BBFC ? > > | 2001-11-20 12:15:02 | 3075 | Paramount announce "Down to Earth" > > > > Note articleid 3076 is timestamped 02 in the afternoon. Article 3075 is > > 12:15 noon. Clearly article 3076 should come after 3075. > > > > Can I set the select query to deal with the order by 24 hour clock or am I > > missing something big time here ! > > > > Andy C > > Editor R2 project > > http://www.r2-dvd.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble > > unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
