The %M Date Format is not used for displaying short months like Jan for January, Feb for February, etc. You need to use DATE_FORMAT() function with %b format for short month. The syntax is as follows:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(yourColumnName, '%d-%b-%y') AS anyVariableName FROM yourTableName;
To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:
mysql> create table DateFormatMonthDemo -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> ShippingDate date, -> PRIMARY KEY(Id) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.63 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query to insert record is as follows:
mysql> insert into DateFormatMonthDemo(ShippingDate) values('2019-05-21');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)
mysql> insert into DateFormatMonthDemo(ShippingDate) values('2015-05-23');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DateFormatMonthDemo(ShippingDate) values('2019-11-01');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DateFormatMonthDemo(ShippingDate) values('2017-12-24');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DateFormatMonthDemo(ShippingDate) values('2016-01-13');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into DateFormatMonthDemo(ShippingDate) values('2015-02-22');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement. The query is as follows:
mysql> select *from DateFormatMonthDemo;
+----+--------------+ | Id | ShippingDate | +----+--------------+ | 1 | 2019-05-21 | | 2 | 2015-05-23 | | 3 | 2019-11-01 | | 4 | 2017-12-24 | | 5 | 2016-01-13 | | 6 | 2015-02-22 | +----+--------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to display short month names:
mysql> select DATE_FORMAT(ShippingDate, '%d-%b-%y') AS DateDemo from DateFormatMonthDemo;
The following is the output:
+-----------+ | DateDemo | +-----------+ | 21-May-19 | | 23-May-15 | | 01-Nov-19 | | 24-Dec-17 | | 13-Jan-16 | | 22-Feb-15 | +-----------+ 6 rows in set (0.04 sec)