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php/Mysql query with inserting date fails

I have a datepicker code below:

         $(function() {
        $( "#datepicker" ).datepicker({minDate: 0, 
                            dateFormat: "dd-mm-yy"
});
});

As you can see the format of the date when it is displayed in the datepicker textbox (‘dateChosen’) is ‘dd-mm-yy’ which is like this (20-05-2012).

But when I try and insert the date in the ‘SessionDate’ field, instead of displaying ‘2012-05-20’ in the database, it keeps displaying ‘0000-00-00’. Why is it doing this?

What I want is the textbox format to remain the same but when the date is inserted into the SessionDate table, then I want it inserted as ‘2012-05-20’ and not as ‘0000-00-00’.

Below is code for the insert ($_POST[‘dateChosen’] is the post method which posts the date):

$sql="INSERT INTO Session (SessionDate)
VALUES
(' ". mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['dateChosen'] ) . "'
)";

mysql_query($sql);

Answer 1

Your dateformat is dd-mm-yy, so the date will be of the type: 31-03-12 and not 31-03-2012. MySQL can’t accept that value in its dateformat syntax. Try this in insert query:

$sql = "INSERT INTO Session (SessionDate) VALUES(' " .
       mysql_real_escape_string( date("Y-m-d", strtotime( $_POST['dateChosen'] ) ) ) . "')";
mysql_query($sql);