Formatting an SQL timestamp with PHP

Question

I have a mySQL database with a timestamp field. It currently only has one entry while I\'m testing, it is

2010-02-20 13:14:09

I am pulling

Answer 1

You could just use MySQL's date_format() function instead:

SELECT date_format(timestampfield, '%m-%d-%Y') FROM table etc....

This will save you having to round-trip your timestamp into unix time and then back into a normal date string in PHP. One datetime formatting call rather than two.