I find the easiest is to use a unix timestamp in your db (int), then use the date() php function to format the display as your please.
On Tuesday 20 November 2001 04:29 pm, Joel Wickard wrote: > Hello all. > > I'm developing a web-based app with php / mysql. I'm interested in > hearing peoples opinions on a fairly trivial subject. I have a feature on > a page that retrieves times out of a mysql database. I was considering > formatting the date with javascript, or php, but it would be easiest to > just format it with the mysql time_format() function. I've never used > mysql's built in functions before and I was wondering if I'm going to see > any performance drawbacks from formatting it with mysql instead of passing > that off onto the > other servers. > > -Joel > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
