I know this is a MySQL list but .... Personally being a php coder, I'd do it in php.
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Date_and_time_functions.html --------------------- Jerry @ MetalCat.Net --------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melih Onvural" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 11:11 PM Subject: date functions > > Hi all > > > > i'm new to the SQL programming language and i was trying to play with > > a date/time counter of sorts. I was trying to teach myself the various > > date functions, but I feel like I've failed. I had a database with > > birthdates in it, and I subtracted that from date in the Year() > > function and then subtracted 1900. Someone told me this was really > > sloppy so I was wondering what's a better method to find someone's > age? > > > > Here's what I did > > > > Year(Date - BirthDate) - 1900 > > > > (birthdate is the name of the field in the table) > > > > thanks, > > melih > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
