At 14:57 -0600 2/1/02, Greg Peretti wrote: >Hi, folks. > >I have what I hope is a simple problem. Hope someone can help. > >I have a database with a date field in the form 2002-02-01. I would like >to be able to query the database to determine the day of year of an >entry (the $yday variable in the localtime function in Perl). February 1 >would be the 32nd day of the year, for instance. > >Is this simple and/or possible?
Sure. It's the DAYOFYEAR() function, and you can read about it in the manual at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/D/a/Date_and_time_functions.html > > > >-- > >Greg Peretti >web developer >www.abqjournal.com >(505) 823-3888 > >----------------------------------- > >The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. >- William Shakespeare --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
