> I am wanting one field on a table in one of my MYSQL databases to
contain
> different dates and times as a epoch timestamps.
> 
> Firstly how do I convert a particular time and date which the user
will
> enter on the website into the epoch timestamp.

$db_timestamp = strtotime($user_input);
 
> And secondly, how do I convert it back once taken of the table.  I'd
like
> to use the date function to print out this particular date and time-
for
> example $a = date('g:IA l, jS F, Y') so that $a could say '7:30PM
> Saturday, 23rd August, 2003'  Does date only work by outputting the
> current date or time?  Can you get it to output the format of any date
and
> time you would like?

$a = date('g:IA l, jS F, Y',$db_timestamp)

---John Holmes...



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