Formatting a MYSQL time

Hello,

                Since I'm the only one who uses php at work I run into a little problem and was hoping maybe someone could help me. I've set up a Mysql database that has an event time. I've set the field in the table as:   eventtime  time DEFAULT 00:00:00.
When I go to print the eventtime I'm pulling it out of Mysql with the following code snippet

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

          $dateofevent = $row["dateofevent"];
          $sponsor = $row["sponsor"];
          $location = $row["location"];
          $eventtime = $row["eventtime"];
          $contact = $row["contact"];

All of this works. I connect to Mysql and pull out the data. Then I'm formatting $eventtime with $etime = date("g:i a", $eventtime); The problem is that when I print $etime in an html table all I get is 6:00 pm for all the events. When I print $eventtime I get the correct time that is stored in Mysql. My question is am I doing this correctly or do I need to use another function to format a mysql time. Thanks in advance. Frank Miller Computer Specialist and Webmaster Technology and Distance Education Texas A&M University-Texarkana 2600 North Robison Rd Texarkana, Texas 75501 Phone: 903-223-3156

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