MYSQL DATE FORMAT IN PHP TABLE

[dilby]

Hi all -

 

I am parsing info from mysql into a php table but the date being returned is in YYYY-MM-DD format and I want it DD-MM-YYYY. How would I do this?

 

Code at the moment is:

 

$link = connect();

function get_user_posts(){

$getPosts = mysql_query('SELECT a.id as id,a.post as question, a.answer as answer, a.created as created, a.updated as updated, b.vclogin as admin
 FROM user_posts as a, admin as b WHERE a.admin_id=b.adminid',connect());
return $getPosts;
}

 

<table class="list">
<tr>
	<th><?php echo getlocal("upost.post") ?></th>
	<th><?php echo getlocal("upost.answer") ?></th>
	<th><?php echo getlocal("upost.admin") ?></th>
	<th><?php echo getlocal("upost.created") ?></th>
	<th><?php echo getlocal("upost.updated") ?></th>
	<th></th>
	<th></th>
</tr>
<?php 
$all_questions = get_user_posts();

while ($question = mysql_fetch_assoc($all_posts)):
?>

<tr>
	<td><?php echo $post['post']?></td>
	<td><?php echo $post['answer']?></td>
	<td><?php echo $post['admin']?></td>
	<td><?php echo $post['created']?></td>
	<td><?php echo $post['updated']?></td>
	<td><a href="javascript:user_post('<?php echo $post['id']?>')">edit</a></td>
	<td><a href="javascript:delete_post('<?php echo $post['id']?>')">delete</a></td>
</tr>

 

THANKS!

 

[asmith]

$dateString is your date variable, do this with it:

 

$dateString = implode('-', array_reverse(explode('-', $dateString)));

[dilby]

Thanks. Where would I put it though and then how would I define what date format i wanted? (Sorry, should have mentioned im a newbie)

[litebearer]

mysql's DATE_format is the easiest and best way IMO. You don't need to mess with the date in php, just do this with the select statement. Assuming your datetime field is called 'thedate':

 

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(thedate, '%M %e, %Y, %l:%i%p') as newdate FROM your_table;

or even this if you like...

SELECT *, DATE_FORMAT(thedate, '%M %e, %Y, %l:%i%p') as newdate FROM your_table;

 

It will return a field called 'newdate' with the formatting you want.

 

See this page [dev.mysql.com] at mysql.com/doc for all the formatting options.

source: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/11945.htm

[asmith]

Wherever you have a date vairable, for example if $post['updated'] is a date there, do this instead:

 

change this:

<?php echo $post['updated']?>

 

to:

 

<?php echo implode('-', array_reverse(explode('-', $post['updated'])))?>

 

The only thing it does is changing dd-mm-yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd

But litebearer's way is better. I'd go with that.