Re: Inserting time + date entry into mySQL DB

I want it such that when a user reads the news, he sees something like --------------- Saturday 25th March 2001 New mirror up on PHP - posted by Zeus @ 00:00 GMT +8 news news news news news news news news news news news news news --------------- That sort of thing, how can I go about? ----- Original Message ----- From: elias <elias_bachaalany@yahoo.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, 11 April, 2001 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Inserting time + date entry into mySQL DB > No under windows doesn't work. > you have to enter a value in that field with value NOW() > > -elias > http://www.kameelah.org/eassoft > > "Michael Hall" <lists@mulga.com.au> wrote in message > > news:Pine.LNX.4.10.10104102051270.15611-100000@localhost.localdomain... > > > > > > Create a field in your table called something like 'date' and make its > > data type TIMESTAMP. MySQL will automatically add a timestamp with each > > new entry ... assuming you're using UNIX, I don't know about windows. > > > > Mick > > > > > I know this has been brought up repeatedly but I couldn't find the > archives website. > > > I'm doing a news publishing script (something like newsphp \ php-nuke) > but uses mySQL to store all the data instead of flat files. > > > I would like to make it such that everytime I submit an news entry, the > time\date will automatically be inserted in that row. > > > Could someone give me some suggestions? > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >