Question

I am using a datetimepicker from jQuery, and when I select a date from the datetimepicker it puts it in this format:

  11/10/2011 14:02

Now when I try to insert it into my sql table like this

INSERT INTO MYTABLE (date, name) values ('$_POST[datepicker]','$_POST[name]')

it says the date is not in the correct format.

Can someone please help me determine how to format such date so that it is accepted by the datetime() field ?

Thank you

    You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '14:33:00,1,2,'Y')' at line 2

        $datetosave = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime($_POST[date]));

$insert_q = "INSERT INTO reservations (res_date, res_numofseats, user_id, rsvp)
                     VALUES ($datetosave,$_POST[cars],2,'Y')";

Answer 1

Use the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format, eg: 2011-11-10 14:02.

Ideally, you’d want to set up your jQuery plugin to output in the correct format. If that’s not possible, you can convert it to the correct format by parsing the date using PHP’s strtotime() and date() functions:

echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('11/10/2011 14:02')); 
// prints 2011-11-10 14:02:00

Reference: MySQL Manual on DATETIME