Hi Peter- thanks for the reply. Yes I do use PHP but I was not aware of those two functions. I was just going to do a str_replace() for all the different months, then do an explode on the date and re-arrange it, but these two functions may provide a much better solution.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Engström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:18 PM > To: David Yee > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Convert dates for import into Mysql > > > Hi David! > > What language do you use to build your application? > > You can do this easily with PHP. > Please have a look at the following functions > http://se.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php > http://se.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php > > Best regards > /Peter > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Yee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:57 PM > Subject: Convert dates for import into Mysql > > > > Hi all. Does any one know how to convert dates like > "06-Sep-02 00:00:00" > > into the mysql datetime format? The main challenge here is probably > > converting the 3 letter abbreviations for the month. Thanks for any > input. > > > > David > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
