Yea do a search on the mysql.com web site for "date functions" (or just click here http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Date_and_time_functions.html ) its loaded with many examples and descriptions of useful functions.
Built in date calculations are one thing I really enjoy with mysql. Best, Yoed -----Original Message----- From: Greg Hosler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is it possible to get a timestamp from the server ? Hi, I have a database application that I am porting to MySQL. one of the things that the application needs to do is to get a timestamp from the server, so that all instances of the application across a network can timestamp cewrtain records using a common source for the timestamp. e.g. the sql server. In the past, under Informix, we did the following sql: SELECT distinct current year to second FROM systables I've looked around, and I'm not seeing anything equivalent under MySQL. Have I hopefully missed something ? thx for any suggestions / hints / pointers. best rgds, -Greg Hosler +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ You can release software that's good, software that's inexpensive, or software that's available on time. You can usually release software that has 2 of these 3 attributes -- but not all 3. | Greg Hosler [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
