Re: date

depends on how you are entering data... if through a client, then you have to format it as MYSQL wants it. if you're going through PHP (afterall, this is a PHP DB list... ;-)), then accept it anyway you wanna, through a form on a web page, then your script will handle the convertion on how MYSQL wants it... and yes, the date thing going from PHP to MYSQL and visa versa was a toughie for me to grasp. then i read a chapter on a book that made sense... ax wrote: > > if i unput the values 10/10/2001 into mysql database, would mysql or php > recognize that as a date?? > > i am a bit confused. i inserted few dates in the above format and asked > mysql to list them by date and it does not seem to work. > > any suggestions?? please :) > > ax > -- Leo G. Divinagracia III ldivinag@csuhayward.edu