On 4/9/2005 7:28:34 PM, Greg Donald (destiney@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: > On Apr 9, 2005 12:35 PM, Ryan A <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > I thought this would be simple and just a few mins of programming but > along > > > the way...i have managed to confuse myself ;-D > > > > > > I have 2 field in my table users_online: > > > present_date_time datetime > > > expires_in datetime > > > > > > for present_date_time I am using now() to insert > > > but for expires_in I need to have it now()+5 mins > > > > > > I was screwing around with now()+ X > > > but thats getting me some weird results if its the end of the hour or > day... > > > > mysql> select NOW(), DATE_ADD( NOW(), INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ); > > +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ > > | NOW() | DATE_ADD( NOW(), INTERVAL 5 MINUTE ) | > > +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ > > | 2005-04-09 12:27:36 | 2005-04-09 12:32:36 | > > +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ > > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) F**K! If every you see me on the road....just give a kick. WTF was I thinking....I went all around the monkeys butt trying to do this in another way instead of simple SQL. Thanks dude, Ryan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 4/7/2005 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php