Hi Steve, have a look at the DATE_FORMAT(date,format) function. You can retrieve the date in exactly the format you want doing it on the SQL side. Thomas On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, pc wrote: > Hi people > > I am using mySQL and PHP for my web page database management thingy. I've > managed to get my date field from my Table into my page ($myDate). I was > wondering, how would I format the date from YYYY-MM-DD format to something a > bit nicer like DD/MM/YY ? > > Is this meant to be a SQL side thing or a server side language formatting > thingy? > > Thanxs > > Steve Griff. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php