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In MySQL, converting DateTime to String is using DATE_FORMAT function. On the other hand, parsing String to DateTime is using STR_TO_DATE.
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%d-%M-%Y'); -- Output: 21-March-2015 SELECT STR_TO_DATE('19-February-2015', '%d-%M-%Y'); -- Output: 2015-02-19
The complete list of symbols which can be used is listed below (prettified, original source can be found HERE):
Specifier | Description |
---|---|
%a | Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat) |
%b | Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) |
%c | Month, numeric (0..12) |
%D | Day of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …) |
%d | Day of the month, numeric (00..31) |
%e | Day of the month, numeric (0..31) |
%f | Microseconds (000000..999999) |
%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 (January..December) |
%m | Month, numeric (00..12) |
%p | AM or PM |
%r | Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss followed by 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 the week; WEEK() mode 0 |
%u | Week (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 1 |
%V | Week (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 2; used with %X |
%v | Week (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 3; used with %x |
%W | Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday) |
%w | Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday) |
%X | Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %V |
%x | Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %v |
%Y | Year, numeric, four digits |
%y | Year, numeric (two digits) |
%% | A literal “%” character |
%x | x, for any “x” not listed above |
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