Date Options

[tudsy]

Hi

Just one question.


I am trying to put a date in a database. But I am not having much luck. I have created the date object. But what do I put in the insert query for the dt variable?


Thanks.


https://ecovib2d.com.au/ECOVIB2D/MYART/index.txt

[CharlesEF]

Since it's been awhile since I've inserted any dates I went back and looked at some old code. I used the date and strtotime commands, like this:

CODE

$date = date(DATE_DB, strtotime($_POST['date']));

DATE_DB is the date format I want stored in the database. Of course, you want to validate any user data before you insert it.

To be honest, since the date command returns a string formatted as a date I wonder if that old code was really needed. Seems my original idea should work without any problems, $date = "2018/06/30";. Of course, you should validate the date before you try to store it, I don't think MySQL will store invalid dates.

This post has been edited by CharlesEF: Jun 26 2018, 03:21 PM