Thank Yoy Ryan

I had thought the same, but I didn't know how to go about it
I did not know of the substr function
it is now outputting as follows

10 04 2004 - 21:23:50

Thanks once again, I am sure I will be asking for more help soon
I tend to dive in at the deep end and never learn the basics
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"Ryan A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> On 4/11/2004 3:25:09 AM, Damian Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I need to output a date and time that  shows more clearly than just
> > outputting the timestamp
> >
> > what is the correct way to go about it ?
> > I have looked at getdate(), but I haven't fathomed it out yet !
>
> If you are using timestamp(14), here is how i do it: (after the select)
>
> if(($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))>=1)
>     {
>   $d_year = substr($row[4],0,4);
>   $d_month = substr($row[4],4,2);
>   $d_day = substr($row[4],6,2);
>   $d_hours = substr($row[4],8,2);
>   $d_mins = substr($row[4],10,2);
>   $d_secs = substr($row[4],12,2);
> }
>
> I am using a  mysql_fetch_row as i am getting a lot of fields from the db,
> you may want to use the fetch_array or something else but eh above should
> give you an idea. The reason I like it like this is because the
> year,month,date etc is all in different varialbes which I can format the
way
> I want it...or can even give the client the option of specifying the
> format...but thats another thing altogether....
>
> HTH.
>
> Cheers,
> -Ryan

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