Insert Dates into Mysql Table DATE type
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12120433/php-mysql-insert-date-format
<?php
// Here date_added is of type DATE
// Format to MySQL Date -> YYYY-MM-DD or it wont write values
$date_added = explode('/', $_POST['date_added'] ) ;
$date_added = $date_added[2] . '-' . $date_added[0] . '-' . $date_added[1] ;
$shipment_date = explode('/', $_POST['shipdate'] ) ;
$shipment_date = $shipment_date[2] . '-' . $shipment_date[0] . '-' . $shipment_date[1] ;