Sorry, the function is UNIX_TIMESTAMP(date). That will create a unix
timestamp from your date column. Use FROM_UNIXTIME() to create a MySQL
timestamp from a unix one.
I'd recommend, though, that you just look up DATE_FORMAT() in the MySQL
manual and just use that.
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Reference.html
#Date_and_time_functions
---John W. Holmes...
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-Original Message-
From: Paul Sharpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:34 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] mysql timestamps
I hope you don't mind me bothering you like this but you seem to know
what
you're talking about, you replied to my post on php.db in case you are
wondering who the heck I am.
I tried the SELECT TO_UNIXTIME(your_column) FROM table command in
mysql,
but i got an error returned
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '(date) FROM
news'
at
line 1
I've tried putting a space between the TO_UNIXTIME and (date) --the
name
of
my column but still no avail
If you don't want me bothering you let me know
Any help would be genuinely appreciated
thanks
Paul Sharpe
- Original Message -
From: John W. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Paul Sharpe' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 3:08 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] mysql timestamps
how do i change the format of a MySQL timestamp (i.e hh:mm:ss
DD/MM/
instead of MMDDhhmmss) retrieved from a mysql database with
php?
Use
SELECT TO_UNIXTIME(your_column) FROM table ...
And then use date() in PHP to format the result to your liking.
Or, you can use DATE_FORMAT() in your query to format the result to
your
liking.
---John W. Holmes...
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