have a look at date_format() in mysql.
there is quite a few date format functions that will allow you to format
dates coming out of mysql.
DATE_FORMAT(date,format)
Formats the date value according to the format string. The following speci
ers
may be used in the format string:
%M Month name (January..December)
%W Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday)
%D Day of the month with English sux (1st, 2nd, 3rd,
etc.)
%Y Year, numeric, 4 digits
%y Year, numeric, 2 digits
%X Year for the week where Sunday is the rst day of
the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%V'
%x Year for the week, where Monday is the rst day of
the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%v'
%a Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)
%d Day of the month, numeric (00..31)
%e Day of the month, numeric (0..31)
%m Month, numeric (01..12)
%c Month, numeric (1..12)
%b Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
%j Day of year (001..366)
%H Hour (00..23)
%k Hour (0..23)
%h Hour (01..12)
%I Hour (01..12)
%l Hour (1..12)
%i Minutes, numeric (00..59)
%r Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M)
%T Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
%S Seconds (00..59)
%s Seconds (00..59)
%p AM or PM
%w Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday)
%U Week (0..53), where Sunday is the rst day of the
week
%u Week (0..53), where Monday is the rst day of the
week
%V Week (1..53), where Sunday is the rst day of the
week. Used with '%X'
%v Week (1..53), where Monday is the rst day of the
week. Used with '%x'
%% A literal `%'.
All other characters are just copied to the result without interpretation:
mysql> select DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%W %M %Y');
-> 'Saturday October 1997'
mysql> select DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%H:%i:%s');
-> '22:23:00'
mysql> select DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00',
'%D %y %a %d %m %b %j');
-> '4th 97 Sat 04 10 Oct 277'
mysql> select DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00',
'%H %k %I %r %T %S %w');
-> '22 22 10 10:23:00 PM 22:23:00 00 6'
mysql> select DATE_FORMAT('1999-01-01', '%X %V');
-> '1998 52'
As of MySQL Version 3.23, the `%' character is required before format speci
er
characters. In earlier versions of MySQL, `%' was optional.
Steve
"Caleb Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I am wondering if there is an easier way to format dates that come out of
a
> database. My database stores my date in the format- "-MM-DD". I know
> that I can take this and rearrange it with some string manipulation but is
> there any other easier way to do that say like making it say Sep. 09, 2001
> instead of 2001-09-09 without using ereg()?
>
> Thanks for your help
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