how to convert the flex date object to MySQL date and time? - apache-flex

how to convert flex date objec to sql date and time,
i am using AMFPHP to connect with mysql
need help
cheers

actually the date to string of flex will give you the format like
Day Mon Date HH:MM:SS TZD YYYY
but sql is like
2010-12-14 00:00:00
so what you do is make a string of the sql format and just pass as object to AMFPHP that will save it to sql
and sql will accept it as date time
private function dateToString(date:Date):String
{
var dateString:String = date.fullYear+"-"+(date.month+1)+"-"+date.date+" "+date.hours+":"+date.minutes+":"+date.seconds;
return dateString;
}//end function
cheers....

I suppose, the date is sent as string. In that case, use mysql function STR_TO_DATE()

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How to change date format of a datetime object?

currently, i have a datetime object
DateTime theDateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(dateAndTime, "d MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt", provider);
which successfully converts it into a datetime (from a string) to become for example :
7/6/2012 9:30:00 AM
How do i convert this to become 2012/07/06 09:30:00 (24hr format)? So that i can insert it into the database using C#??
PS: I'm using Sybase SQL Anywhere 12, and from what I've read, they neeed the format to be in year/months/day and the time to be in 24hr format right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
The DateTime itself does not have a format. The date and time are stored internally as a number. Usually the classes of the database provider take care of converting a DateTime to the correct format.
If Sybase will only accept the date formatted as a string you will need to use the DateTime.ToString method and format it with the correct format string.
How are you building your insert command? Are you using database parameters or just building a string containing the insert statement?
SQL Anywhere 12 has a default date format of YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS.SSS
This can be configured/changed with the timestamp_format database option however:
timestamp_format option
The setting can be permanently changed through SQL like:
SET OPTION PUBLIC.timestamp_format = '<format here>';
Or temporarily changed (per connection basis) like:
SET TEMPORARY OPTION timestamp_format = '<format here>';
Of course, if you already have a datetime object in your code, you should be able to pass the value into a parameterized query. It doesn't have to be passed as a string.

SQL Express storing date in MM/DD/YYYY format

I have an ASP.NET program that is writing date to an SQLExpress Database date field in DD/MM/YYYY.
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This is not possible, as the date is internally stored as a number, the DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY format is only the display format of the data. You can, however, change the way the data are converted to a string by SQL functions...
You are seeing the a rendered, localised version of an internal date representation (numbers of days since 01 Jan 1900 basically).
Don't worry about it. You'll get date back to your client (in an internal date representation) and this can be formatted how you like there.
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How to insert or update data in datetime datafield in mssql2005

I have a textbox which displays the date as 01-May-2011 but the database coumis in format of datetime ... how to enter date in date time column of database. ..
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You can convert that format to a DateTime like this
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string format = "dd-MMM-yyyy";
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if you're using LINQ to SQL or even ADO with a parameter of type DateTime, the conversion to a format that SQL understands will be done automatically for you.
If you're building the SQL by concatenating a string manually (not recommended!) you should try to reconvert to a string in the format 'yyyyMMdddd' (corrected as per AdaTheDev's comment, notice the single quotes). Other formats may or may not be recognized by sql depending on the language settings on both your client and your SQL Server
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This will find records where the datefield is May 1st Midnight. You have to do
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This doesn't really pertain to your question, but I've seen it trip up a LOT of people. Myself included.
Just convert it to dateTime
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date format and regional settings

I'm using MS SQL 2000, VS2008, MVC and C#.
I'm trying to insert and update some data using stored procedures.
Some columns are of type datetime.
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Insert:
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Update:
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Stijn
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i had this problem too, its something to do with the date format for you SQL server,
i solved it by formatting the date string to be inserted like so
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hope that helps
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So eg.
Update MyTable
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12/10/2009 for en-gb
and
10/12/2009 for us
However when I persist my dates via LinqToSql I need to store these dates in a common format.
Currently when a U.S. user is running the app the date stored in the DB is in U.S. format and when an U.K. user uses the app, its in a U.K. format.
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