Hi dn, Right. Having said that tho, is there a function in mysql that will return the GMT time from the operating system, that I can subsequently use in a query. I could use the GMT time from the db client but I would prefer to use the GMT time from the operating system mySQL is running on.
Thanks Oliver At 12:35 AM 5/02/2002 +0000, DL Neil wrote: >Hi Oliver, > >> I would like to obtain the time in GMT in mySQL. >> >> CURRENT_TIMESTAMP returns the local time >> SHOW VARIABLES returns a list of variables, one being TZ which is "EST" on >> my system >> >> But how can I get the time in GMT??? > > >MySQL is time-neutral, that is to say, if you ask it the time, it will ask the server OpSys. > >As my mother used to say, "you only get out of something, what you put into it"! If you declare a date/time >column, any data you INSERT will have the same value when you subsequently SELECT it. It's up to you to >determine which time zone to use when representing your data. > >Are you accessing MySQL from some other facility, eg PHP? Can you use that tool to acquire/restate the temporal >data? > >Regards, >=dn > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
