Re: date function

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On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:01, Darryl wrote:

> I have some php code that pulls from the mysql database.  Here it is:
>
> <?php
>          mysql_connect("wildcat.osborneindustries.com", "webuser",
> "webpass");
>    $mymonth = date('n');
>    $cyear = date('Y');
>          $query = "SELECT name,hdate FROM emp2 where month(hdate)=$mymonth
> order by hdate";
>          $result = mysql_db_query("iweb", $query);
>
>          if ($result) {
>            echo "<table align=center  border=0  cellspacing=5 >";
>            while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
>               $name = $r["name"];
>      $hyear = date('Y',$r["hdate"]);
>      $timein = $cyear - $hyear;
>      if ($timein > 0) {
>                 echo
> "<tr><td>$name</t><td>$timein</td><td>$cyear</td><td>$hyear</td></tr>";}
>            }
>            echo "</table>";
>          } else {
>         echo "No data.";
>     }
>     mysql_free_result($result); ?>
>
> I'm trying to figure out years of employment based on hiredate.  Its not
> working as expected.  $timein is always
> 1969.  Date in the database is YYYY-MM-DD.  What have I screwed up ?

date() in php expects a unix timestamp. Dates in MySQL are NOT stored in unix 
timestamp format.

You can perform the calculations directly in MySQL

mysql manual > Tutorial Introduction > Date Calculations


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