thanks I tried strtotime also but getting 1970-01-01 not 2005-01-28. my problem is that the date is given to me in string format i.e.Fri Jan 28 19:53:09 2005. Any other help will be appreciated. with best wishes balwant On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 22:45, Bastien Koert wrote: > 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 > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php