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Format of date varchar in gl_forum_topic.date and gl_forum_topic.lastupdated


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jcz

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We have to provide a daily dump of forum posts (readable by non-geeks in Excel). So, I need to be able to get the date into something understandable, and I'm no programmer.

Can someone please tell me what these values represent? My searches on this site are not turning up what I'm looking for.

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CREATE TABLE `gl_forum_topic` (
  `id` mediumint(8) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `forum` int(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
 ...
  `date` varchar(12) DEFAULT NULL,
  `lastupdated` varchar(12) DEFAULT NULL,
  ...


BTW, I'd really like to get this info out with a cron'd mysql query to local text file, so hopefully it's not too cryptic.
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Dirk

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It's a Unix timestamp. Try something like
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SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(date) AS mydate FROM gl_forum_topic;

bye, Dirk
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jcz

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Perfect. Thanks!

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CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED DEFINER=`me`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW `v_forum_posts` AS
SELECT
  `gl_forum_forums`.`forum_name`    AS `forum_name`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`name`           AS `name`,
  FROM_UNIXTIME(`gl_forum_topic`.`name`) AS `date`,
  FROM_UNIXTIME(`gl_forum_topic`.`lastupdated`) AS `lastupdated`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`last_reply_rec` AS `last_reply_rec`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`subject`        AS `subject`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`comment`        AS `comment`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`replies`        AS `replies`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`views`          AS `views`,
  `gl_forum_topic`.`id`             AS `id`
FROM (`gl_forum_forums`
   JOIN `gl_forum_topic`
     ON ((`gl_forum_forums`.`forum_id` = `gl_forum_topic`.`forum`)))
ORDER BY `gl_forum_forums`.`forum_name`,`gl_forum_topic`.`id`

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jcz

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Why are all the dates in forum_topic.date "1969 31st December 07:00:00 1970"?

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jcz

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This view actually does what I want it to do.


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CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED DEFINER=`user`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW `v_forum_posts` AS
select
  `a`.`forum_name`     AS `forum_name`,
  `b`.`id`             AS `id`,
  `b`.`name`           AS `name`,
  from_unixtime(`b`.`lastupdated`) AS `lastupdated`,
  from_unixtime(`b`.`date`) AS `date`,
  `b`.`last_reply_rec` AS `last_reply_rec`,
  `b`.`subject`        AS `subject`,
  `b`.`comment`        AS `comment`,
  `b`.`replies`        AS `replies`,
  `b`.`views`          AS `views`
from (`gl_forum_forums` `a`
   join `gl_forum_topic` `b`)
where (`a`.`forum_id` = `b`.`forum`)
order by `a`.`forum_name`,`b`.`id`
 
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