Question

I use the query:

UPDATE `times` SET `date` = 2012-04-04 WHERE `id` = 1 AND `id2` = 2;

It shows an update successful, but the time shows 000-00-00.
any clue?

When i use phpMyadmin the filed will show what data I want to put in. After putting in the same information, the data changes. But how come sql doesn’t?

Am I using the wrong data format for date?

Answer 1

You need to enclose date with single quotes.

UPDATE times SET date = '2012-04-04' WHERE id=1 AND id2 =2;

Your previous statement was probably trying to update date to a numeric value of 2004 (2012 minus 4 minus 4).