Or if you want to change it when you're pulling out of mysql you can use the DATE_FORMAT( ) function... hth jeff John Krewson <krewsonj@sworp To: RUBANOWICZ Lisa <lisa.rubanowicz@cnh.com> s.utk.edu> cc: "'php-db@lists.php.net'" <php-db@lists.php.net> Subject: Re: Date format in MySQL 02/03/2003 09:32 AM strftime() offers a lot of formatting options for dates. Hope it helps. RUBANOWICZ Lisa wrote: > Hi All, I have a date format of YYYY-MM-DD in MySQL and am showing it on a PHP page. However I want to show it as > "2 February, 2003" > or "2 February" > Can someone please help me. The date will not necessarily be todays date (I looked at the datetime() function and the getdate() function but couldn't work it out for these) > Thanks for your support > All the best > Lisa > > Lisa Rubanowicz > CNH Ireland > Tel: +353 46 77663 > Email: <mailto:lisa.rubanowicz@cnh.com> lisa.rubanowicz@cnh.com > > > > > -- John Krewson Programmer - SWORPS -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php