How can SQL be utilized to properly sort date and time data, including the associated time, for display in PHP?

When storing date and time data in a SQL database, it is important to use the proper data types (such as DATETIME) to ensure accurate sorting and display. To sort date and time data in SQL, you can use the ORDER BY clause along with the appropriate date and time functions. Once the data is sorted in SQL, you can retrieve and display it in PHP using a query and loop through the results to output the data in the desired format. 

// SQL query to retrieve date and time data sorted in ascending order
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY date_column, time_column ASC";

// Execute the query
$result = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);

// Loop through the results and display the date and time data
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    echo $row['date_column'] . ' ' . $row['time_column'] . "<br>";
}

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SQL date sorting time sorting PHP display datetime manipulation

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