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Mysql DATE FORMAT

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MySQL DATE_FORMAT Function

This function formats date or timestamp.

Syntax DATE_FORMAT

  • expre: date or datetime expression
  • format:
    • %a - Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)
    • %b - Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
    • %c - Month, numeric (0..12)
    • %D - Day of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …)
    • %d - Day of the month, numeric (00..31)
    • %e - Day of the month, numeric (0..31)
    • %f - Microseconds (000000..999999)
    • %H - Hour (00..23)
    • %h - Hour (01..12)
    • %I - Hour (01..12)
    • %i - Minutes, numeric (00..59)
    • %j - Day of year (001..366)
    • %k - Hour (0..23)
    • %l - Hour (1..12)
    • %M - Month name (January..December)
    • %m - Month, numeric (00..12)
    • %p - AM or PM
    • %r - Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss followed by AM or PM)
    • %S - Seconds (00..59)
    • %s - Seconds (00..59)
    • %T - Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
    • %U - Week (00..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week
    • %u - Week (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week
    • %V - Week (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; used with **%X
    • %v - Week (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week; used with **%x
    • %W - Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday)
    • %w - Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday)
    • %X - Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %V
    • %x - Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %v
    • %Y - Year, numeric, four digits
    • %y - Year, numeric (two digits)
    • %% - A literal “%” character
    • %x - x, for any “x” not listed above
DATE_FORMAT(expre, format);

Example 1

mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2012-05-22', '%W %d %M %Y');
+------------------------------------------+
| DATE_FORMAT('2012-05-22', '%W %d %M %Y') |
+------------------------------------------+
| Tuesday 22 May 2012                      |
+------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Output

mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2012-05-22 12:04:40', '%D %b %Y %a %d %m %j');
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| DATE_FORMAT('2012-05-22 12:04:40', '%D %b %Y %a %d %m %j') |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| 22nd May 2012 Tue 22 05 143                                |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

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