Hello dear all, I have a php-application witch use mysql DB; My db have a field (DATE) like timestamp(8) = 20030110, for lay-out problem i call field_DATE with a query : date_format(field_DATE, '%d-%m-%Y'), and it display the field_DATA; 10-01-2003 well.....at this point i need to post this field_DATA on another php script witch let me to make another SELECT on same DB; but now the $field_DATA variable is like 10-01-2003. How i can post $field_DATA variable such as 20030110 again? (the original DB_field). thaks in advance ciao, fabrizio -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php