Re: [PHP4BETA] problem with date() function
| From: | Khimenko Victor | Date: | Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:26:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] problem with date() function | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.version4 |
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26-Dec-99 15:05 you wrote:
> I can only pass a numeric value as the second parameter to date. But when I
> get a datetime or timestamp field from a database (mysql), I cannot format
> it via date. Is there a way to either turn a date-expression into the needed
> numeric value or a function which can parse this expression?
In case of mysql you can ask MySQL to do work via unix_timestamp() function
and it'll be faster ...