Posted by Rik on 10/14/32 11:52

Roland Zitzke wrote:
> Hi,
> is it possible to teach MySQL to accept and output dates in format:
> DD.MM.YYYY
> rather than
> YYYY-MM-DD?
> I read somewhere that this can be configured in some system global
> files. What I am looking for is a method to set this in (and for) a
> particular PHP page. The rational behind it is that I would like to
> keep my code portable and not dependent on special global settings.
>
> Any idea?
> Thanks in advance
> /Roland

If you want to be independant of format, I'd use (unix-)timestamps, and
format the dates later to suit my needs.

Grtx,
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Rik Wasmus

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