Php and Mysql date in seconds are different for current time stamp

Question

using TO_SECONDS(DATE_FORMAT( NOW( ) , '%Y-%m-%d %h:%i:%s' ) ) I am getting current time in seconds but at the same time when i try to find time in seconds by server using strtotime(strftime("%F %T %p")) it's different. eg: mysql gives 63657226218 seconds whereas php unix time is 1489986896.

Thanx in advance

Answer 1

TO_SECONDS Given a date or datetime expr, returns a the number of seconds since the year 0 . Not 1970!

You want to use UNIX_TIMESTAMP:

select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW());