Or if you want to change it when you're pulling out of mysql you can use the DATE_FORMAT( ) function...
hth jeff John Krewson <krewsonj@sworp To: RUBANOWICZ Lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> s.utk.edu> cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Date format in MySQL 02/03/2003 09:32 AM strftime() offers a lot of formatting options for dates. Hope it helps. RUBANOWICZ Lisa wrote: > Hi All, I have a date format of YYYY-MM-DD in MySQL and am showing it on a PHP page. However I want to show it as > "2 February, 2003" > or "2 February" > Can someone please help me. The date will not necessarily be todays date (I looked at the datetime() function and the getdate() function but couldn't work it out for these) > Thanks for your support > All the best > Lisa > > Lisa Rubanowicz > CNH Ireland > Tel: +353 46 77663 > Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- John Krewson Programmer - SWORPS -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php