Question

How do I insert values in a database field with type timestamp? I am doing this way in CodeIgniter.

$user_poll_query=array('description'=>$poll_query,
                       'creator_id'=>$user_id,
                       'valid_from'=>date('Y-m-d H:i:s','1299762201428'),
                       );
$this->db->insert('sl_polls',$user_poll_query);

but in the database I am getting 0s (0000-00-00 00.00.00).

Answer 1

Well it looks like you are using

'valid_from'=>date('Y-m-d H:i:s','1299762201428'),

but your date isn’t in the format Y-m-d H:i:s.

Try a different date format or convert the UNIX timestamp to a date your db can use.

Hope that helps!