MySQL DATE_FORMAT() Function
 MySQL Date Functions
Definition and Usage
The DATE_FORMAT() function is used to display date/time data in different formats.
Syntax
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 |
| %b | Abbreviated month name |
| %c | Month, numeric |
| %D | Day of month with English suffix |
| %d | Day of month, numeric (00-31) |
| %e | Day of month, numeric (0-31) |
| %f | Microseconds |
| %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 |
| %m | Month, numeric (00-12) |
| %p | AM or PM |
| %r | Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss 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 week |
| %u | Week (00-53) where Monday is the first day of week |
| %V | Week (01-53) where Sunday is the first day of week, used with %X |
| %v | Week (01-53) where Monday is the first day of week, used with %x |
| %W | Weekday name |
| %w | Day of the week (0=Sunday, 6=Saturday) |
| %X | Year of the week where Sunday is the first day of week, four digits, used with %V |
| %x | Year of the week where Monday is the first day of week, four digits, used with %v |
| %Y | Year, four digits |
| %y | Year, 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')
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The result would look something like this:
Nov 04 2008 11:45 PM
11-04-2008
04 Nov 08
04 Nov 2008 11:45:34:243 |
MySQL Date Functions
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