convert unix timestamp php

Question

I have a database that stores the time for me. I insert it from PHP using

date( \'Y-m-d H:i:s\');

I then use this function to convert it t

Answer 1

If you're using mysql, it has a DATE_FORMAT function. You can call it like

SELECT DATE_FORMAT(`datefield`, "%Y%m%d%H%i%s") AS `date_formatted` FROM table;

So you get an already formatted date from your database.