Assume the following table:
create mytable (
  mydate date );

Assume the following inserts:
INSERT INTO mytable VALUES( "2003-02-20");
INSERT INTO mytable VALUES( "2004-12-25");
INSERT INTO mytable VALUES( "1999-01-01");

The following will order this table, assuming precedence of
year->month->day, and print in Euro format:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(mydate,"%d/%m/%Y") FROM mytable ORDER BY mydate;

The following will order this table, assuming precedence of
day->month->year, and print in Euro format:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(mydate,"%d/%m/%Y") AS edate FROM mytable ORDER BY edate;

With basic PHP, you can format the Euro date input into the script into the
YYYY-MM-DD requied for insertion into the database.

-----Original Message-----
From: ax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 6:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP-DB] date


how would i enter european format date into mysql (dd/mm/yyyy) ... and how
would i make the query sort by date if i am using this format ??

ax



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