Storing time in MySQL

Storing time in MySQL

am 28.03.2007 17:06:02 von Gerard P Shea

Hi again all,

Just here to pick some more brains.

I have some code that gets a date from a MySQL database and does some weird
and wonderful calucaltions with it.

I wish to store the end result back into the MySQL database. When I try it,
using a number of different methods, it doesn't work.

Any ideas as to the best way to store a date in a MySQL database using php?

Thanks again in advance.

Regards,

Schmalz

Re: Storing time in MySQL

am 28.03.2007 21:40:34 von iland_slc

Just store it in unsigned int column as a php time() (unixtime) value....
You can get it from db using from_unixtime() function, or as is... You can
store it as is, or using unix_timestamp() function... Everything you
want.....

"Schmalz" wrote in message
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> Hi again all,
>
> Just here to pick some more brains.
>
> I have some code that gets a date from a MySQL database and does some
weird
> and wonderful calucaltions with it.
>
> I wish to store the end result back into the MySQL database. When I try
it,
> using a number of different methods, it doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas as to the best way to store a date in a MySQL database using
php?
>
> Thanks again in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Schmalz
>
>

Re: Storing time in MySQL

am 30.03.2007 20:07:44 von unknown

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Re: Storing time in MySQL

am 02.04.2007 02:47:19 von Larry Anderson

On Mar 28, 8:06 am, "Schmalz" wrote:
> Hi again all,
>
> Just here to pick some more brains.
>
> I have some code that gets a date from a MySQL database and does some weird
> and wonderful calucaltions with it.
>
> I wish to store the end result back into the MySQL database. When I try it,
> using a number of different methods, it doesn't work.
>
> Any ideas as to the best way to store a date in a MySQL database using php?
>
> Thanks again in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Schmalz

I convert my time fields to minutes from midnight (midnight being 0,
1159pm being 1439) Its not human readable but it is computer
calculable.

When I need to have user reporting or input I have a set of functions
set up to do the conversions/validation as needed.