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Asked: 2026-05-14T14:55:44+00:00

I’ve created a form that submits data to a MySQL database but the Date,

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I’ve created a form that submits data to a MySQL database but the Date, Time, Year and Month fields constantly revert to the exact same date (1st January 1970) despite the fact that when I submit the information to the database the form displays the current date, time etc to me. I’ve already set it so that the time and date fields automatically display the current time and date. Could someone please help me with this.

Form:

    <html>

<head>
<title>Ultan's Blog | New Post</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/newposts.css" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
<div class="new-form">
<div class="header">
<a href="edit.php"><img src="images/edit-home-button.png"></a>
</div>
<div class="form-bg">
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    $month = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['month']));
    $date = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['date']));
    $year = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['year']));
    $time = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['time']));
    $title = htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_POST['title']));
    $entry = $_POST['entry'];

        $timestamp = strtotime($month . " " . $date . " " . $year . " " . $time);

    $entry = nl2br($entry);

    if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
        $title = addslashes($title);
        $entry = addslashes($entry);
    }

    mysql_connect ('localhost', 'root', 'root') ;
    mysql_select_db ('tmlblog');

$sql = "INSERT INTO php_blog (timestamp,title,entry) VALUES ('$timestamp','$title','$entry')";

    $result = mysql_query($sql) or print("Can't insert into table php_blog.<br />" . $sql . "<br />" . mysql_error());

    if ($result != false) {
        print "<p class=\"success\">Your entry has successfully been entered into the blog. </p>";
    }

    mysql_close();
}
?>

<?php
$current_month = date("F");
$current_date = date("d");
$current_year = date("Y");
$current_time = date("H:i");
?>

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">

<input type="text" name="month" value="<?php echo $current_month; ?>" />
<input type="text" name="date" value="<?php echo $current_date; ?>" />
<input type="text" name="year" value="<?php echo $current_year; ?>" />


<input type="text" name="time" id="time" size="5"value="<?php echo $current_time; ?>" />

<input class="field2" type="text" id="title" value="Title Goes Here." name="title" size="40" />

<textarea class="textarea" cols="80" rows="20" name="entry" id="entry" class="field2"></textarea>

<input class="field" type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit">

</form>
</div>
</div>
 </div>
 <div class="bottom"></div>
 <!-- //End Wrapper!-->  
</body>

</html>

</html>

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For some reason the posts are being submitted without a timestamp and are reverting to a default timestamp.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have three text boxes named date. Since $_POST['month'] and $_POST['year'] are not set, strtotime() cannot figure out the correct timestamp and the SQL query looks like this:

    INSERT INTO php_blog (timestamp,title,entry) VALUES ('','Title Goes Here.','')

    Change the names of the input elements to what your PHP code is expecting:

    <input type="text" name="month" value="<?php echo $current_month; ?>" />
<input type="text" name="date" value="<?php echo $current_date; ?>" />
<input type="text" name="year" value="<?php echo $current_year; ?>" />

    After you’ve done this, strtotime() will be able to parse the date and insert the correct value into the query.

    INSERT INTO php_blog (timestamp,title,entry) VALUES ('1272738360','Title Goes Here.','')
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