MySQL: DATE_FORMAT Function With Example

MySQL: DATE_FORMAT function; In this tutorial, we will discuss how to use MySQL DATE_FORMAT function with the help of examples.

The MySQL DATE_FORMAT() function allows you to return a date in a specified format. For example, you can use it to return 2019-05-15 as May 15 2019 , or whatever other format you require.

MySQL DATE_FORMAT() function

The DATE_FORMAT() function formats a date as specified.

Syntax:

DATE_FORMAT(date,format);

Parameters or Arguments

Name	Description
date	Where `date` is the date you want to format.
format	`format` specifies how it should be formatted.

For a list of valid format specifiers, see the table below.

Format	Description
%a	Abbreviated weekday name (Sun to Sat)
%b	Abbreviated month name (Jan to Dec)
%c	Numeric month name (0 to 12)
%D	Day of the month as a numeric value, followed by suffix (1st, 2nd, 3rd, …)
%d	Day of the month as a numeric value (01 to 31)
%e	Day of the month as a numeric value (0 to 31)
%f	Microseconds (000000 to 999999)
%H	Hour (00 to 23)
%h	Hour (00 to 12)
%I	Hour (00 to 12)
%i	Minutes (00 to 59)
%j	Day of the year (001 to 366)
%k	Hour (0 to 23)
%l	Hour (1 to 12)
%M	Month name in full (January to December)
%m	Month name as a numeric value (00 to 12)
%p	AM or PM
%r	Time in 12 hour AM or PM format (hh:mm:ss AM/PM)
%S	Seconds (00 to 59)
%s	Seconds (00 to 59)
%T	Time in 24 hour format (hh:mm:ss)
%U	Week where Sunday is the first day of the week (00 to 53)
%u	Week where Monday is the first day of the week (00 to 53)
%V	Week where Sunday is the first day of the week (01 to 53). Used with %X
%v	Week where Monday is the first day of the week (01 to 53). Used with %X
%W	Weekday name in full (Sunday to Saturday)
%w	Day of the week where Sunday=0 and Saturday=6
%X	Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week. Used with %V
%x	Year for the week where Monday is the first day of the week. Used with %V
%Y	Year as a numeric, 4-digit value
%y	Year as a numeric, 2-digit value

Here are several examples to display MySQL FORMAT_DATE ().

Example-1

SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2015-07-20', '%W, %M %Y') AS 'Result';

Output-1

 +---------------------+
 | Result              |
 +---------------------+
 |Monday, July 2015    |
 +---------------------+

Example-2

Here’s an example that formats the result into short day and month names.

SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2019-05-16', '%a, %b %Y') AS 'Result';

Output-2

 +----------------+
 | Result         |
 +----------------+
 |Thu, May 2019   |
 +----------------+

Must Know Date/Time Functions

List Of MySQL Date/Time Functions

Example-3 Of Database

Here, we will take example of database table users, where we format the value returned from a database column that’s stored as a datetime value.

SELECT
  created_at AS 'Created_at',
  DATE_FORMAT( created_at , '%W, %M %Y') AS 'Date'
FROM customers
WHERE id= 1;

Output-3

 +---------------------+------------------------------+
 | Created_at          | Date                         |
 +---------------------+------------------------------+
 | 2005-05-25 11:30:37 | Wednesday, September 2010    |
 +---------------------+------------------------------+

Example-4 => Formatting the Time

You could use DATE_FORMAT() to format the time component of a datetime value.

SELECT
  created_at AS 'Created_at',
  DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%h:%i:%s') AS 'Time'
FROM customers
WHERE id= 1;

Output-4

+---------------------+----------+
| Created_at          | Time     |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2015-08-24 10:35:47 | 12:30:38 |
+---------------------+----------+

Let’s take a new example for add the AM/PM with time.

SELECT
  created_at AS 'Created_at',
  DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%h:%i %p') AS 'Time'
FROM customers
WHERE id= 1;

Output

+---------------------+----------+
|  Created_at         | Time     |
+---------------------+----------+
| 2015-08-24 10:35:47 | 12:30 AM |
+---------------------+----------+

More Examples here

 Mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2019-12-31 23:59:02', '%a');
 Output>
 Tue

 Mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2019-12-31 23:59:02', '%W');
 Output>
 Tuesday

 Mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2019-12-31 23:59:02', '%U');
 Output>
 52

 Mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2019-12-31 23:59:02', '%u');
 Output>
 53

 Mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2019-12-31 23:59:02', '%X %V');
 Output>
 2019 52

Conclusion

In this MySQL tutorial, we have discussed mysql DATE_FORMAT() function with various examples.