baperl:

All databases that I've worked with have date parsing functions available in them already. So read your database documentation on how to format and parse dates, and let the database do the work.

Secondly: You are storing the dates as dates and not strings, right? If you're using strings you may be making things harder for yourself down the road.

Update: A little googling turned up: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?10,136269,136273#msg-136273, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2238611/how-to-change-string-date-to-mysql-date-format-at-time-of-import-of-csv-using-my. Does google not work over there?

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re: date formatting again by roboticus
in thread date formatting again by baperl

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