Re: MySQL GMT --> Local time

> My logging application is feeding a MySQL database with data records > that are time stamped with GMT time. I would like to query the database > for records matching local time(eg. all records created on oct > 17,2002 local time). I would prefer if the records could be formated > in local time when returned from MySQL. What is the best way to do this. I don't know if there is an automatic way to do it, but if you know you are 5 hours ahead of GMT for example, and you want all records for Oct 17, 2002 GMT+5, then you could do this: SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE TO_DAYS(datetime_column + INTERVAL 5 HOUR) = TO_DAYS(20021017) You can use DATE_FORMAT() in your query to reformat the MySQL timestamp, or use UNIX_TIMESTAMP() to retrieve a unix timestamp instead and format it in PHP. With the above query, the "5" and actual date "20021017" can be PHP variables, to make it more flexible. ---John Holmes...