That worked. Thanks a lot... You rock -Beeman "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Yeah, I select it using UNIX_TIMESTAMP(creation_datetime) and then I am > > using date("M d, Y g:ia",$myrow["creation_datetime"]) at the end of a printf > > statement but the date comes back as Dec 31 1969 7:00pm for all entries. > > When the date was inserted I used now() in the insert statement. > > You should be doing: > > select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(creation_datetime) as foo > > date("M d, Y g:ia",$myrow['foo']) > > -Rasmus > > > "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Are you retrieving it using MySQL's UNIX_TIMESTAMP() function? PHP's > > > date() function needs a unix timestamp to work with. > > > > > > -Rasmus > > > > > > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Beeman wrote: > > > > > > > No it is definitely a DATETIME and the date and time are correct in the > > > > database, but when I try to format and display them the date is correct > > but > > > > the time is not > > > > "_lallous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > maybe you have in your database a DATE field instead of DATETIME > > field? > > > > > > > > > > "Beeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > > > I have inserted the date into MySQL using now() in the query. > > However, > > > > > when > > > > > > I retrieve the using MySQL_Date_Format in the query the time is > > always > > > > > > wrong. on the other hand, if I format the date using Date() in PHP > > it > > > > > always > > > > > > makes the date DEC 31 1969 at 700PM. Please Help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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