MySQL DATE_FORMAT() Function

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# 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

DATE_FORMAT(date,format)

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')

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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