php-db | 2004071

Re: [PHP-DB] Storing Date in mysql From: Michael Gale (michael.gale <email protected>)
Date: 07/08/04

Thanks ... I can't believe I missed that in the docs ... now I feel like knob.

Michael.

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:17:38 -0300
"Pablo M. Rivas" <pmrivas01 <email protected>> wrote:

> Hello Michael,
> token_date must be a DATE FIELD...
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Column_types.html
>
>
> MG> Hello,
>
> MG> I need to store the date of record / entry in the mysql database, so I have the following table create
> MG> statement:
>
> MG> CREATE TABLE `token_table` (
> MG> `token_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
> MG> `token_utuser_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
> MG> `token_name` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
> MG> `token_date` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
> MG> `token_user_id` varchar(100) default '',
> MG> `token_ticket_id` varchar(100) default '',
> MG> `token_data` varchar(100) default '',
> MG> PRIMARY KEY (`token_id`),
> MG> KEY `tokencheck` (`token_utuser_id`,`token_name`)
> MG> ) TYPE=MyISAM;
>
> MG> So in the token_date field I am storing the date in the following format from PHP:
>
> MG> date("d/m/Y") which creates the following entry "05/07/2004" (example).
>
> MG> I would like to know fro the list is ... is this the best way to store the date ? Would this be easy to select
> MG> against ?
>
> MG> Michael.
>
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> Best regards,
> Pablo
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