Hi! U can convert "8-Aug-03" into mysql date which requires yyyy-mm-dd format as below.
<?php date("Y-m-d",strtotime("8-Aug-03")); ?> Hope this helps and let me know. Cheers Binay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anil Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: [PHP] converting date into database date format(newbie) > Hi, > > I am a newbie to php. > > I am reading date in the format "08-Aug-03" from a text file. While writing > this date into the myqsl database's date column it shows '00-00-0000'. > Is there a function or some other way to convert "08-Aug-03" type of dates > in to format which is acceptable by date field of the mysql database. > > Thanks and regards > Anil. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php