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Mysql Date - Format Function

The DATE_FORMAT() function formats date/time values according to the specified format string. It allows dates to be displayed in different formats like abbreviated month name, numeric day, and time with seconds. The function takes a date and format string as arguments and returns the formatted date as a string. The document provides examples of using DATE_FORMAT() to output dates in various common formats.

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Mysql Date - Format Function

The DATE_FORMAT() function formats date/time values according to the specified format string. It allows dates to be displayed in different formats like abbreviated month name, numeric day, and time with seconds. The function takes a date and format string as arguments and returns the formatted date as a string. The document provides examples of using DATE_FORMAT() to output dates in various common formats.

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MySQL DATE_FORMAT﴾﴿ Function

Definition and Usage


The DATE_FORMAT() function is used to display date/time data in different formats.

Syntax

DATE_FORMAT(date,format)

Where date is a valid date and format specifies the output format for the date/time.

The formats that can be used are:

Format Description

%a Abbreviated weekday name (Sun­Sat)

%b Abbreviated month name (Jan­Dec)

%c Month, numeric (0­12)

%D Day of month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, �)

%d Day of month, numeric (00­31)

%e Day of month, numeric (0­31)

%f Microseconds (000000­999999)

%H Hour (00­23)

%h Hour (01­12)

%I Hour (01­12)

%i Minutes, numeric (00­59)

%j Day of year (001­366)

%k Hour (0­23)

%l Hour (1­12)

%M Month name (January­December)
%M Month name (January­December)

%m Month, numeric (00­12)

%p AM or PM

%r Time, 12­hour (hh:mm:ss followed by AM or PM)

%S Seconds (00­59)

%s Seconds (00­59)

%T Time, 24­hour (hh:mm:ss)

%U Week (00­53) where Sunday is the first day of week

%u Week (00­53) where Monday is the first day of week

%V Week (01­53) where Sunday is the first day of week, used with %X

%v Week (01­53) where Monday is the first day of week, used with %x

%W Weekday name (Sunday­Saturday)

%w Day of the week (0=Sunday, 6=Saturday)

%X Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of week, four digits,
used with %V

%x Year for the week where Monday is the first day of week, four digits,
used with %v

%Y Year, numeric, four digits

%y Year, numeric, two digits

Example
The following script uses the DATE_FORMAT() function to display different formats.
We will use the NOW() function to get the current date/time:

DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),'%b %d %Y %h:%i %p') 
DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),'%m‐%d‐%Y') 
DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),'%d %b %y') 
DATE_FORMAT(NOW(),'%d %b %Y %T:%f')

The result would look something like this:
The result would look something like this:

Nov 04 2014 11:45 PM 
11‐04‐2014 
04 Nov 14 
04 Nov 2014 11:45:34:243

❮ MySQL Date Functions

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