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Help with query on timestamp field in mySQL

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Help with query on timestamp field in mySQL

nila	6 Feb, 2008 - 02:28 AM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 5 Jan, 2008 Posts: 128	Hi, I am having a field "lastupdated " in my table "test".the type is timestamp.I want to select all records from the test according to the time which is updated atlast.I dont know how to write the query. help me please. Thanks.
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Jayman	RE: Help With Query On Timestamp Field In MySQL 6 Feb, 2008 - 12:24 PM Post #2
Student of Life Joined: 26 Dec, 2005 Posts: 7,327 Thanked: 66 times Dream Kudos: 500 Expert In: Everything My Contributions	Moved to Databases forum.
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PsychoCoder	RE: Help With Query On Timestamp Field In MySQL 6 Feb, 2008 - 05:04 PM Post #3
using DIC.Core; Joined: 26 Jul, 2007 Posts: 9,483 Thanked: 161 times Dream Kudos: 9075 Expert In: VB, VB.Net, C#, SQL, ASP, ASP.Net, Web Development, HTML, CSS, Win32 API, Javascript, mySQL, J#, Boo.Net My Contributions	You could use mySQL's DATE_FORMAT Function to convert your timestamp to a date, something like: SQL SELECT DATE_FORMAT(lastupdate, '%c %d %y') AS last_updated FROM test This will return a date, such as 10/13/08. For a date in the format of 10/13/2008 use SQL SELECT DATE_FORMAT(lastupdate, '%c %d %Y') AS last_updated FROM test Hope this helps & happy coding!
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nila	RE: Help With Query On Timestamp Field In MySQL 7 Feb, 2008 - 10:33 PM Post #4
D.I.C Head Joined: 5 Jan, 2008 Posts: 128	Hi, thanks for your reply. But i dont need to get the date.I want to retreive the records which is currently (atlast)updated.for that only i am using the time.
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PsychoCoder	RE: Help With Query On Timestamp Field In MySQL 7 Feb, 2008 - 10:40 PM Post #5
using DIC.Core; Joined: 26 Jul, 2007 Posts: 9,483 Thanked: 161 times Dream Kudos: 9075 Expert In: VB, VB.Net, C#, SQL, ASP, ASP.Net, Web Development, HTML, CSS, Win32 API, Javascript, mySQL, J#, Boo.Net My Contributions	To get the time use SQL SELECT DATE_FORMAT(lastupdate, '%h %i') AS last_updated FROM test Had you read the link I provided you it would show you all the possible combinations to get what you are looking for from a timestamp field
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