> I have a date that is formatted in the following way > day(00-31)/Mon(Jan-Dec)/year(2003):hour(00-23):minute(00-59):sec(00-59) > > I want to load this into mysql table (date column) > > In oracle I can just use the to_date function but all I find about MYSQL > seems to want the date in a specific format beforehand. If you are using PHP to insert it you can just format it before sticking it in. It gets a little more complicated if you are loading it in via LOAD DATA INFILE or something like that. What exactly are you attempting to do? -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php