To retrieve time as HH:MM format, use the DATE_FORMAT() function. To understand the function and retrieve time, let us create a table.
The query to create a table is as follows
mysql> create table retrieveTimeDemo -> ( -> UserId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, -> UserArrivalTime datetime -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.57 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command.
The query is as follows
mysql> insert into retrieveTimeDemo(UserArrivalTime) values('2013-01-21 13:45:34');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into retrieveTimeDemo(UserArrivalTime) values('2014-11-25 11:40:56');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into retrieveTimeDemo(UserArrivalTime) values('2016-10-27 17:30:40');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into retrieveTimeDemo(UserArrivalTime) values('2017-02-21 18:03:06');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
mysql> insert into retrieveTimeDemo(UserArrivalTime) values('2018-04-24 22:30:32');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement.
The query is as follows
mysql> select *from retrieveTimeDemo;
The following is the output
+--------+---------------------+ | UserId | UserArrivalTime | +--------+---------------------+ | 1 | 2013-01-21 13:45:34 | | 2 | 2014-11-25 11:40:56 | | 3 | 2016-10-27 17:30:40 | | 4 | 2017-02-21 18:03:06 | | 5 | 2018-04-24 22:30:32 | +--------+---------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to retrieve time from MySQL as HH:MM format
mysql> select date_format(UserArrivalTime,'%H:%i') from retrieveTimeDemo;
The following is the output
+--------------------------------------+ | date_format(UserArrivalTime,'%H:%i') | +--------------------------------------+ | 13:45 | | 11:40 | | 17:30 | | 18:03 | | 22:30 | +--------------------------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)