How can I manually insert a timestamp into mySQL database?

Question

I want to manually be able to insert a timestamp value to mySQL database:

  $timestamp = "2018-05-15 00:00:00";
  $name = "Fred";


  $pdo = $db->prepare('INSERT INTO data (timestamp,name) values(:timestamp,:name)');
  $pdo->execute(array(
       ':timestamp' => $timestamp,
       ':name' => $name
  ));

But it inserts always the date of now, not the date of my variable.

MYSQL table:

id | timestamp | name
----------------------
   |           |


id = int(11) AUTO_INCREMENT
timestamp = timestamp (Standard: CURRENT TIMESTAMP, Attribute: ON UPDATE CURRENT TIMESTAMP)
name = varchar (255)

Answer 1

If you want to manually insert date in timestamp field then you should change its type from timestamp (Standard CURRENT TIMESTAMP) to datetime . Only then it will work, otherwise always it save current system time.

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