Question

Hi
In my application the user can selects a date in a “dd/mm/yyyy” format from a calendar and save it to a date field in the database (mySql).
Everything is going ok on my local server (in Israel) but on my host server ( in the US) it fails.
I did some checking in the console and found that
in my local computer(Israel) when I do the following:

d=Date.new
d.reported_date=”23/01/2011″,br>
d.save
I get
=>true.

In my host server(US) when I do the following:

d=Date.new
d.reported_date=”23/01/2011″
d.save
I get
=>false

When I did this check with another date for example “04/01/2011”
the local and the host could save the record.

So I concluded that it seems like the host(in US) can receive date only in “mm/dd/yyyy” format and convert it to mySql date format
and the local computer(in Israel) can received date only in “dd/mm/yyyy” format and convert it to mySql date format.
(Both in the server and in my local machine the format in the mySql server is yyyy-mm-dd)

I need to find a solution which can adjust mySql in my local machine to behave like in the host server.

I will be glad to some advise

Thanks

Answer 1

Try using yyyy-mm-dd instead, that can never be read wrong and all databases I have worked with accepts that format.