mysql> describe useronline; +-------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(6) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | ip | varchar(15) | YES | | NULL | | | time | timestamp(14) | YES | | NULL | | +-------+---------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from useronline; +----+------+----------------+ | id | ip | time | +----+------+----------------+ | 1 | test | 20050217201300 | | 2 | test | 20050217201301 | +----+------+----------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> \q Bye format_c@manchester:~> perl -e 'print time,"\n";' 1108668344 format_c@manchester:~>