Re: timestamp to readabe date and time ?

Thank Yoy Ryan I had thought the same, but I didn't know how to go about it I did not know of the substr function it is now outputting as follows 10 04 2004 - 21:23:50 Thanks once again, I am sure I will be asking for more help soon I tend to dive in at the deep end and never learn the basics -- www.phpexpert.org/truefaith.htm "True Faith is not just when you believe in God and yourself, it is when others begin to believe in you as well" - Damian John Paul Brown 2004 "Ryan A" <ryan@coinpass.com> wrote in message news:000301c41f64$e922f730$f081aa51@l2zcaxu7emppqh... > > On 4/11/2004 3:25:09 AM, Damian Brown (damian@phpexpert.org) wrote: > > I need to output a date and time that shows more clearly than just > > outputting the timestamp > > > > what is the correct way to go about it ? > > I have looked at getdate(), but I haven't fathomed it out yet ! > > If you are using timestamp(14), here is how i do it: (after the select) > > if(($row = mysql_fetch_row($result))>=1) > { > $d_year = substr($row[4],0,4); > $d_month = substr($row[4],4,2); > $d_day = substr($row[4],6,2); > $d_hours = substr($row[4],8,2); > $d_mins = substr($row[4],10,2); > $d_secs = substr($row[4],12,2); > } > > I am using a mysql_fetch_row as i am getting a lot of fields from the db, > you may want to use the fetch_array or something else but eh above should > give you an idea. The reason I like it like this is because the > year,month,date etc is all in different varialbes which I can format the way > I want it...or can even give the client the option of specifying the > format...but thats another thing altogether.... > > HTH. > > Cheers, > -Ryan