Re: Date-Time Stamp

Hi Kim,

Assuming you want the server's date/time ...

The first thing I would do is to see if the database manager supports
specifying a default value for the date/time field.  For example, in MS
Access, you can specify Now() as the default value, and when you insert a
record, the date/time will automagically be recorded.

Failing that capability, you can use Perl's localtime or Time::localtime and
insert that into the field.

HTH. Let me know if I can be of more assistance.

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----- Original Message -----
From: <Tricia93(at)aol.com>
To: <Hwg-Techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:02 PM
Subject: Date-Time Stamp


> Hi everybody-
>
> I have a problem-- it's really stumped me and seems pretty simple.
>
> I have a form-driven database that users will be submitting data through
each
> day, thus I need to have the Date and Time of the submission stored in the
> database with the rest of the info.
>
> Any ideas?  I am looking for a cgi/pl script for this..
>
> Thanks !!
>
> Kim Coleman
> Co-Owner, KTs Place
> http://www.ktsplace.com
> kim(at)ktsplace.com
> ICQ: 18123070
>
> Founder
> The Avalon Adventure
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