when I retrieve a date from MySQL into PHP, it shows up as a string instead of a date data type
> What's the best way of controlling date format?
John W. Holmes replied:
If you want a Unix timestamp, which is compatible with the date() function in PHP, then use the UNIX_TIMESTAMP() function in your SQL.
This seems to be the ideal solution. Thanks, John, and also those of you who responded via private e-mail.
I wonder why the PHP/MySql interface doesn't simply return dates as dates instead of strings. *frowns*
Bruce Feist
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