Date to mySql

[shill]

Greetings. I’m trying to send data to mySql for a band touring schedule. Everything is working fine except I cant format the date (000-00-00) or get the date to mySql. I would be grateful for any help.

Thanks

[code]
<?php // Script 12.5 - add_entry.php

ini_set ('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

if (isset ($_POST['submit'])) { // Handle the form.

    if ($dbc = @mysql_connect ('localhost', 'root', 'password')) {
        
        if (!@mysql_select_db ('tourdates')) {
            die ('<p>Could not select the database because: <b>' . mysql_error() . '</b></p>');
        }
    
    } else {
        die ('<p>Could not connect to MySQL because: <b>' . mysql_error() . '</b></p>');
    }
    
    $query = "INSERT INTO show_dates (
        show_id,
        show_date,
        show_city,
        show_state,
        show_country,
        show_venue,
        show_comments,
        date_entered)
    VALUES (0, '{$_POST['date']}', '{$_POST['city']}', '{$_POST['state']}', '{$_POST['country']}', '{$_POST['venue']}', '{$_POST['comments']}', NOW())";
    

    if (@mysql_query ($query)) {
        print '<p>The show date has been added.</p>';
    } else {
        print "<p>Could not add the entry because: <b>" . mysql_error() . "</b>. The query was $query.</p>";
    }

    mysql_close();
}
?>
<form action="add_date.php" method="post">
<p>
  <label>Month
  <select name="month">
    <option value="01" selected="selected">1</option>
    <option value="02">2</option>
    <option value="03">3</option>
    <option value="04">4</option>
    <option value="05">5</option>
    <option value="06">6</option>
    <option value="07">7</option>
    <option value="08">8</option>
    <option value="09">9</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="11">11</option>
    <option value="12">12</option>
  </select>
  Day
  <select name="day">
    <option value="01" selected="selected">1</option>
    <option value="02">2</option>
    <option value="03">3</option>
    <option value="04">4</option>
    <option value="05">5</option>
    <option value="05">6</option>
    <option value="07">7</option>
    <option value="08">8</option>
    <option value="09">9</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="11">11</option>
    <option value="12">12</option>
    <option value="13">13</option>
    <option value="14">14</option>
    <option value="15">15</option>
    <option value="16">16</option>
    <option value="17">17</option>
    <option value="18">18</option>
    <option value="19">19</option>
    <option value="20">20</option>
    <option value="21">21</option>
    <option value="22">22</option>
    <option value="23">23</option>
    <option value="24">24</option>
    <option value="25">25</option>
    <option value="26">26</option>
    <option value="27">27</option>
    <option value="28">28</option>
    <option value="29">29</option>
    <option value="30">30</option>
    <option value="31">31</option>
  </select>
  </label>
  <label></label>
  <label>Year
  <select name="year">
    <option value="2006" selected="selected">2006</option>
    <option value="2007">2007</option>
    <option value="2008">2008</option>
  </select>
</label>
</p>
<!--<p>Show Date :
  <input type="text" name="date" size="40" maxsize="100" />
</p> -->
<p>Show City :
  <input type="text" name="city" size="40" maxsize="100" /></p>
<p>Show State :
  <input type="text" name="state" size="40" maxsize="100" /></p>
<p>Show Country :
  <input type="text" name="country" size="40" maxsize="100" /></p>
<p>Show Venue :
  <input type="text" name="venue" size="40" maxsize="100" /></p>
<p>Show Comments:
  <textarea name="comments" columns="40" rows="5"></textarea></p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add this show date" />
</form>[/code]

[Guest footballkid4]

Have a look at strtotime(), that should convert your inputted form data to a PHP timestamp, which can easily be stored in a MySQL database.