Re: timestamp value management

the timestamp of mysql is only the date without any spacers. the php timestamp is a unix-timestamp (seconds since 01.01.1970) so you can´t convert your record-value to an normally date directly. you have to use split out the year, the month etc. manually. (or is there a function for it? don´t know) Jan Pieper

So, you want the maximum date of the result set? Just use SQL: select max(datecolumn) from table where (conditions); -Micah On Monday 30 January 2006 1:03 pm, xkorakidis wrote:

hi guys! I'm trying to manage a table containing a timestamp colum - when I insert a record, I don't fill a value in timestamp column, so current timestamp is inserted. The inserted value is smth like 20060129213253 - when I try to show this value in a php page, I use date($varOfTimestampColumn) or getdate(). The final result is the highest possible date (smth like January 19 2038 I think) How can I manage the timestamp field so as to show the correct value? Thanks!