--- Peter Lovatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > There are two aspects to dates, and your questions > include parts of both. > > When MySql stores dates you have a choice of column > types > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/DATETIME.html > > has the details > > If you just need to store dates then the DATE type > will suit your needs. You > just specify it as DATE > > When you insert dates you need to insert them in the > format yyyy-mm-dd ie > 2004-12-31 > > When you retrieve them they default to the same > format. > > If you wanted to retrieve them in a different format > that is when you use > DATE_FORMAT(date,format) > > eg > > INSERT INTO table1 > ( > field1 > , date_field > , field2 > ) > VALUES > ( > "some data" > , "2004-02-12" > , "some more data" > ); > > > then to retrieve the data > > SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_field ,"%M %D %Y") > FROM table1 > > would return "February 12th 2004" instead of > "2004-02-12" > > Hope this clarifies it...... > > Come back to me if not
Can you also print out your dates as February 12th, 2004, but order them by 2004-12-08? In other words, can you order dates chronologically, even though March comes before August alphabetically? Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
