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datetime and timestamp recording different times

I have a datetime field that records date and time. This field records
when rec is created. I also have a timestamp field that records
whenever the record is updated. I noticed that when i first create the
record, the update time is about 3-5 minutes before the create time.
The update time and create time has to be identical. How can one lag
the other? Im executing sql from a php page.

Jul 23 '05 #1
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>I have a datetime field that records date and time. This field records
when rec is created. I also have a timestamp field that records
whenever the record is updated. I noticed that when i first create the
record, the update time is about 3-5 minutes before the create time.
The update time and create time has to be identical. How can one lag
the other? Im executing sql from a php page.


How do you create the record? If you do something like:

INSERT INTO record values (created, modified) VALUES
('2005-6-8 16:02', null);

the 'created' field gets the current time from the CLIENT computer
(which formatted the '2005-6-8 16:02' string somehow), and the
modified field gets the current time from the SERVER computer.

In this case you could use:
INSERT INTO record values (created, modified) VALUES
(now(), null);
which would use the server clock for both.

Gordon L. Burditt

Jul 23 '05 #2

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