Re: Time/date function MYSQL->UNIX

OK cheers. I'll have a try. I saw UNIX_TIMESTAMP() in the MySQL docs but I didn't quite understand it (PHP is MUCH easier for me!) Thanks for the example too "Peter" <newsaddress@saracenvsu.org.uk> wrote in message news:20020524210625.14400.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Is there a built in PHP function which will convert a MySQL type date > (YYYYDDMM or whatever) into a unix timestamp so it can be used with the > other PHP time and date functions? > > I'm currently using substr() to extract bits of the date so it displays as > DD / MM / YYYY but it's annoying! > >