I need to know the method and its specifiers to get MySQL date in required format(s). Is there any list of MySQL date format specifier, I will be pleased!
Answer No: 6
DATE_FORMAT(date,format) |
Formats the date value according to the format string. The following specifiers may be used in the format string:
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Specifier |
Description |
%M |
Month name (January..December) |
%W |
Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday) |
%D |
Day of the month with English suffix (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
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%Y |
Year, numeric, 4 digits |
%y |
Year, numeric, 2 digits |
%X |
Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%V' |
%x |
Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%v' |
%a |
Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat) |
%d |
Day of the month, numeric (00..31) |
%e |
Day of the month, numeric (0..31) |
%m |
Month, numeric (01..12) |
%c |
Month, numeric (1..12) |
%b |
Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) |
%j |
Day of year (001..366) |
%H |
Hour (00..23) |
%k |
Hour (0..23) |
%h |
Hour (01..12) |
%I |
Hour (01..12) |
%l |
Hour (1..12) |
%i |
Minutes, numeric (00..59) |
%r |
Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M) |
%T |
Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss) |
%S |
Seconds (00..59) |
%s |
Seconds (00..59) |
%p |
AM or PM |
%w |
Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday) |
%U |
Week (00..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week
|
%u |
Week (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week
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%V |
Week (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week. Used with '%X' |
%v |
Week (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week. Used with '%x' |
%% |
A literal `%'. |
All other characters are just copied to the result without interpretation:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%W %M %Y'); -> 'Saturday October 1997' SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%H:%i:%s'); -> '22:23:00' SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%D %y %a %d %m %b %j'); -> '4th 97 Sat 04 10 Oct 277' SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%H %k %I %r %T %S %w'); -> '22 22 10 10:23:00 PM 22:23:00 00 6' SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1999-01-01', '%X %V'); -> '1998 52' As of MySQL Version 3.23, the `%' character is required before format specifier characters. In earlier versions of MySQL, `%' was optional.
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