From: Robert Sossomon [mailto:robert_sossomon@xxxxxxxx] > I have a date in format YY-MM-DD in a MySQL table. I need to > pull it back to display it in either format: MM-DD-YY or > Month Day, Year format. > > I can't figure out how to write the query to do it, and am > not sure how to make PHP just parse the one given and dump it > back out in the way I need it. Any suggestions? I don't know how well PHP would handle the 2-digit year concept, so you might be better off doing it in the query. Something like this: SELECT DATE_FORMAT(date_field, '%m-%d-%y') AS date_format_1, DATE_FORMAT(date_field, '%M %e, %y') AS date_format_2... HTH! -- Mike Johnson Smarter Living, Inc. Web Developer www.smarterliving.com mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (617) 886-5539 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
