Hi, have a look at http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
According to your example, it would be something like: <?php $date1=date("d M Y H:i", 20020123143547); ?> Regards Marcus > Ive got a timestamp in a database column and basically > I was wondering if there was any function in PHP to > parse the date into something more readable from > > 20020123143547 > > "23 Jan 2002 14:35" > > something like > > $date1= datetoreadable($date); --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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