[PHP] PHP/MySQL -- Date/Time Confusion

2002-07-12 Thread Monty
Which method is the best way to store date/time in MySQL and then which PHP command is the best to use to convert that date to something useful? I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to reconcile the date in MySQL so it works with PHP's various date commands, like getdate(). Any

Re: [PHP] PHP/MySQL -- Date/Time Confusion

2002-07-12 Thread 1LT John W. Holmes
:06 PM Subject: [PHP] PHP/MySQL -- Date/Time Confusion Which method is the best way to store date/time in MySQL and then which PHP command is the best to use to convert that date to something useful? I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to reconcile the date in MySQL so it works

RE: [PHP] PHP/MySQL -- Date/Time Confusion

2002-07-12 Thread David Freeman
Which method is the best way to store date/time in MySQL and then which PHP command is the best to use to convert that date to something useful? Get comfortable with MySQL's date functionality and you'll find that you don't often need to do the date comparisons and manipulation in php

Re: [PHP] PHP/MySQL -- Date/Time Confusion

2002-07-12 Thread Anas Mughal
The easiest and my preferred way is to use strtotim method. This method accepts MySQL format 2002-12-23 and converts it into a UNIX time stamp. After that you can use the date function to format time as you wish! Monty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which method is the best way to store date/time