RE: [PHP] Creating Dynamic Expiration Date

Also, The problem is not as much with adding the months, as it is with getting the current date. date_add("12-05-10", interval 1 month) will work. This solution, however, is limiting, since I will have to supply the date. **remember, this is being done from the datebase. I need to get the date via NOW(), CURDATE(), or CURRENT_DATE()** hence, the need to use this format (or something similar): date_add( current_date(), interval 12 months) __________John Monfort_________________ _+-----------------------------------+_ P E P I E D E S I G N S www.pepiedesigns.com "The world is waiting, are you ready?" -+___________________________________+- On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, John Monfort wrote: > > > That's a good way around it, and no, i have not. > > However, I did try to add 2 months...mysql seems to ignore the entire > format. Instead, it adds 000000 in the field. > > btw, I trying to do this from the database side, not from the php script. > I was hoping to using the function in the table field's DEFAULT > parameter. > > I hope that trigger some new ideas. > > Thanks for the help. > > __________John Monfort_________________ > _+-----------------------------------+_ > P E P I E D E S I G N S > www.pepiedesigns.com > "The world is waiting, are you ready?" > -+___________________________________+- > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Jack Dempsey wrote: > > > have you tried 12 months instead of 1 year? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Monfort [mailto:monfort@kahuna.sdsu.edu] > > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:49 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] Creating Dynamic Expiration Date > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm developing a database which holds a START and EXPIRATION date. > > I would like to have MySQL generate the expiration date automatically and > > was wondering if that could be done. > > > > I'm using the MySQL NOW() to add today's date as the START date. > > The expiration date is one year from the start date. I read about the > > mysql DATE_ADD function, in which can be used as > > > > DATE_ADD("2001-11-05 13:00:00", INTERVAL 2 MONTHS) > > > > Is there a way to use it as DATE_ADD( NOW(), INTERVAL 1 YEAR), to > > automatically add one year to today's date. > > > > I tried the above, but it did not work. The start and expiration date > > still come out as the current date( the result of NOW() ). > > > > btw, both START and EXPIRATION are of the data type TIMESTAMP (8). > > > > Please help. > > > > How do I (dynamically) add one year to the current date? > > > > i.e. add_date(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 1 YEAR) > > > > > > -john > > > > __________John Monfort_________________ > > _+-----------------------------------+_ > > P E P I E D E S I G N S > > www.pepiedesigns.com > > "The world is waiting, are you ready?" > > -+___________________________________+- > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 >