Converting Dates...

Hi, I need help. I need to convert a Date column in MySQL where the date is stored like "2003-01-15" to the following seconds "1042621252 ". I'm connecting the database through PHP to third party solution that requires this. Here is the only information that was given: ------------------------------------------------------------------- - Dates and times are passed in as seconds (not milliseconds) since 1/1/1970 and converted into Date Objects by multiplying by 1000 and then add the TimeZoneOffset to get it to local time: eg: startTime = 10710812; // startTime is the number of seconds between the req'd date and 1/1/1970 startTimeObj = Date(startTime * 1000 + (new Date().getTimezoneOffset() * 60000)); - startDate and endDate combine the the date and time of events ----------------------------------------------------------------- I have no idea how to convert my date colums into this type. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks, Doug Coning