Posted by Joshua Beall on 10/23/06 20:22

Aggelos wrote:
> > In PHP, you could use strtotime(), but if the data comes from a database I
> > strongly recommend to let the database handle it.
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> But I don't understand what can be different in PHP from MySQL built in function.

The point is that if you can get the database to give you your data in
the format you want it, that's preferable to having to massage the date
that MySQL gives you into the format you want. So, if the database
allows you to transform your data the way you want, why not take
advantage of it?

Functionally, you end up with the same result, so I understand your
confusion on the reasoning.

-Josh

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