If you want to insert a datetime that matches the default mysql datetime type format use this date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Output .sql file for MySQL but without the drop table syntax before table name use the --skip-add-drop-table flag mysqldump -u root -p database_name --skip-add-drop-table --skip-lock-tables > database_name.sql

Installing monk like this will fail gem install monk You'll need to install the wycats-thor gem first with this command gem install wycats-thor -s http://gems.github.com

gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri rails

Here is an example using the port 4567 to connect with over ssh and git ssh remote add origin ssh://sean@seanbehan.com:4567/path/to/git git push origin master