easy db setup question

im having trouble formatting the db field for storing the date...
not sure exactly how to set up the field.
im using:
date("D, F d h:i a")
and i have the db row setup as 'DATETIME'
output looks like this:
2002-12-11 00:00:00

what stupid thing am i doing?

Papasmurf,

Because you're using the DATETIME datatype, the default format is: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, so you'll need to insert your date as:

date("Y-m-d G:i:s");

See if that helps!