Converting dates with PHP for DATETIME in SQL

Question

I have a forum in PHP which takes a date like in the form dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss. However, I need to insert it for SQL as a DATETIME in the format as yyyy-m

Answer 1

Two of several possible ways:

1. Convert in code and then pass the converted value to mysql: $mysqldate = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $phpdate );
2. Let mysql do the work by using its built-in functions: $query = "UPDATE table SET datetimefield = FROM_UNIXTIME($phpdate) ...";