First you should use : $entry_date = date('l, d F Y H:i:s',$sql['date']); And $sql['date'] must be a TIMESTAMP.
-- Nicos - CHAILLAN Nicolas [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.WorldAKT.com - Hébergement de sites Internet "Davy Obdam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit dans le message de news: 001601c26d2c$e5391ff0$[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi people > > I have a guestbook, and i need to convert the date and time from the > database into a normal readable date.. Like Sunday, 6 october 2002 > 13:30:00. I thought i could use the date() function here. I have done > this: > > $entry_date = date('l, d F Y H:i:s','$sql["date"]'); > echo $entry_date; > > But then i dont get the date i need. It says Thursday, 01 January 1970 > 01:00:00 (i wasn`t even born then;-), so it wasn`t me signing that > guestbook. Any sugestions what i am doing wrong. Thanks for your time. > > Best regards, > > Davy Obdam, > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php