Re: date

i use seconds in place of time alot. using the PHP time() function and Date() functions u can do a lot. instead of a time / date TIMESTAMP field type i use an INT type i then call the $the_time = Time(); and insert that. then u can manipulate the hell outta that INT value from the DB with php's Date() function. allows u to compare lengths between times and perform much simplier numeric math on the values rather then the 'calender' math. somethings can be trickier like Leaps and stuff, but i found more pors for most of my application needs. Same data sizes : INT or TIMESTAMP in mysql are 4 bytes and they both give u down to the second. then to find out today, u just run Date('m-d-Y'); compare those vals to Date('m-d-Y', $DB_VALUE); there u go.... it is today or it isnt ! out put data accordingly. Joel "Alexander Ross" <alexross@bleen.net> wrote in message news:20020724203928.45708.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I have a column in one of my mysql tables which holds the date & time that > the record was inserted. When I run a query later on I want to display the > date, but if the date is today or yesterday I want to display "today" or > "yesterday" instead .. how do i compare to stored date with todays date? > todays date -1? Thanks > >