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
