try
$date = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($timestamp));
Best thing to use if you want to do calcs on date/time data is to use the unix time stamp...translates the timestamp into seconds since 01-01-1970...Much simpler to use in sql queries
Bastien
From: Balwant Singh <balwantsingh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: balwantsingh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: timestamp Date: 29 Jan 2005 19:47:35 +0530
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
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