i am facing a problem i have timestamp in string format --> Fri Jan 28 19:53:09 2005 now i want to get the date from it. is it possible? pls. help. on using strftime("%D",$timestamp) it is giving 01/01/70. May pls. help me. Also pls. let me know whether calculation can be done in mysql on this string timestamp. pls. inform. with best wishes balwant -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php