Jason Wong wrote:
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:11, Bruce Feist wrote:
I wonder why the PHP/MySql interface doesn't simply return dates as
dates instead of strings. *frowns*
How do you mean? PHP doesn't have a date type.
Ummm That's a good reason! As I said, I'm a newbie to PHP, and
somewhere
On Sunday 30 March 2003 11:11, Bruce Feist wrote:
> I wonder why the PHP/MySql interface doesn't simply return dates as
> dates instead of strings. *frowns*
How do you mean? PHP doesn't have a date type.
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I originally wrote:
when I retrieve a date from MySQL into PHP, it shows up as a string instead of a date data type
> What's the best way of controlling date format?
John W. Holmes replied:
If you want a Unix timestamp, which is compatible with the date()
function in PHP, then use the UNIX_TIMES
> I'm experienced with SQL, but new to MySql and PHP, which I'm using
> together to create a dynamic web site. Right now, I'm having minor
> difficulties with date formatting. It seems that when I retrieve a
date
> from MySQL into PHP, it shows up as a string instead of a date data
> type, with f
