From: "Justin @ Dreaming in TO" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > SELECT ditoevents.eventstatus, ditoevents.eventdate, > DATE_FORMAT(ditoevents.eventdate, '%a, %b %d %Y'), ditoevents.eventtime, > ditoevents.eventlocation, ditoevents.topic, ditoevents.presenter > FROM ditoevents > WHERE ditoevents.eventstatus = 'next' Use an alias: SELECT ditoevents.eventstatus, ditoevents.eventdate, DATE_FORMAT(ditoevents.eventdate, '%a, %b %d %Y') AS myformatteddate, ditoevents.eventtime, ditoevents.eventlocation, ditoevents.topic, ditoevents.presenter FROM ditoevents WHERE ditoevents.eventstatus = 'next' Then display $row['myformatteddate'] when you're displaying the data. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php