[PHP] Re: Changing MySQL Date Format
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:06, Harlequin wrote: I'm using a hell of a lot of dates in my databases and wondered if it was possible to change the date format in my databases from -00-00 to: 00-00-...? Has anyone else managed to do this or use any workarounds I could use perhaps...? I'm just getting a little hacked of having to explode the damn things every time I use them. Why do you care how mysql stores the dates when you have DATE_FORMAT and all the other you-beaut date functions to massage the data to your needs? -- David Robley I parked my hard disk and now I can't find it! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Changing MySQL Date Format
Harlequin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm using a hell of a lot of dates in my databases and wondered if it was possible to change the date format in my databases from -00-00 to: 00-00-...? This would make ordering by date impossible - do you really want this? You should put formatting issues into your application and rely on the ISO format in your database. Regardsm Torsten Roehr Has anyone else managed to do this or use any workarounds I could use perhaps...? I'm just getting a little hacked of having to explode the damn things every time I use them. -- - Michael Mason Arras People www.arraspeople.co.uk - -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
