Question

From a rss feed i have either pubdate as well the timestamp:

pubdate:
Thu, 03 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000
timestamp:
1336035600

However when i insert it into the database it’s always: 0000-00-00 ETC.
This is the query:

    $query = "INSERT INTO adafruit_articles VALUES ('', '$title', '$link', '$comments', '$timestamp', '$description', '$content')";

Is my database set up correct?

Answer 1

You need to convert it into a MySQL friendly format. Passing the timestamp to the date() function makes this easy:

echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s", 1336035600);

Or use the DateTime object:

$date = new DateTime(1336035600);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');