> How would I do the insert statement in php using a date() or now()
> function?

$today = date("Ymd");
$query = "INSERT INTO tblDate (fldDate) VALUES ($today)";

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 4:13 PM
> To: 'Jeremi Bergman'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Insert Date
> 
> > I'm having problem inserting the date into my mysql database.  What
> type
> > of field should my date field be?
> > How do I insert that into a database, the current date for example?
> > "INSERT INTO tblDate (fldDate) VALUES (" . Date() . ")";
> 
> You should use a DATE column, maybe?? Or a timestamp, depending on
what
> you want to do.
> 
> The query you'd use is:
> 
> INSERT INTO tblDate (fldDate) VALUES (NOW())
> 
> where NOW() is a MySQL function, not a PHP one. MySQL date formats are
> YYYYMMDD (as an integer) or YYYY-MM-DD (as a string).
> 
> Adapt to your needs.



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