Re: inserting due date into database

At 08:34 AM 1/4/2006, Amos Glenn wrote:

php.net says: date ( string format [, int timestamp] ) To turn a php timestamp into something that will be recognized by the mysql DATE type, you might try this: <?php $due_date= //however you set up you invoice+14days timestamp $mysql_date = date("Y-m-d",$due_date);// makes a string like YYYY-MM-DD ?> The php date() function can form just about any string you want to make from a date if you've got a timestamp, which you do. What formate is your original date in? There may be an even simpler way of doing it. -Amos Ruprecht Helms wrote:

Hi, how can I calculate the due date from the date of an invoice and insert the result into a mysql-database. The daydifference is 14 days. Actualy I have tried something with mktimes, but I only get the timestamp of the due date. I have troubles to write that into a dabasefield that was set to datetype. Regards, Ruprecht

And to add to the discussion, why would you want to do such a thing? Calculate it when retrieving the data. It's similar to storing a person's age when you have the date of birth. Regards - Miles Thompson -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.12/220 - Release Date: 1/3/2006