[thelist] MySQL date format

Symeon Charalabides symeon at systasis.com
Mon Nov 28 08:18:00 CST 2005


> I've a DATE column in MySQL with a row, say "2005-12-1". I want to return
> the following string:
> 
> Thursday, 1 - 2 December 2005
> 
> Is that possible with MySQL functions, or do I have to get PHP to do that?
> 
> You can use MySQL's DATE_FORMAT() function
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html

Thanks, I know how to use DATE_FORMAT to return "Thursday, 1 December 2005". It's 
the " - 2 " in my original request I'm not sure it's possible. I tried several 
variations of

DATE_FORMAT(day, "%W, %e - %e+1 %M %Y")

but to no avail.

Symeon Charalabides (cosmopolite trainee)
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