Yes, we can add minutes while inserting values in a table.Let us first create a table. Here, we have a column with VARCHAR records where in
mysql> create table DemoTable2026 -> ( -> ArrivalTime varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.40 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command. We are first converting the VARCHAR date and then adding minutes −
mysql> insert into DemoTable2026 values(date_add(str_to_date('2017-12-01 11:34:45','%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s'), INTERVAL 10 MINUTE)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable2026 values(date_add(str_to_date('2015-01-31 10:00:00','%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s'), INTERVAL 5 MINUTE)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable2026 values(date_add(str_to_date('2017-12-01 11:34:45','%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s'), INTERVAL 20 MINUTE)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable2026;
This will produce the following output −
+---------------------+ | ArrivalTime | +---------------------+ | 2017-12-01 11:44:45 | | 2015-01-31 10:05:00 | | 2017-12-01 11:54:45 | +---------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)