Query display time and date
- SELECT t1,t2 FROM time_val;
- SELECT dt FROM datetime_val;s
- SELECT CURTIME (), CURTIME (2), CURTIME (6); (Display time and date in different formats)
- SELECT d,DATE_FORMAT(d,'%M %d,%Y') FROM date_val;
- SELECT d, DATE_FORMAT (d, '% M,% d,% Y') AS date FROM date_val;
format character meaning
% Y year, four digits
% y year, two digits
% M complete month (January, Decemeber)
% b month, first three letters (Jan..Dec)
% m month two digits (01..12)
% c month (1..12)
% d month number of days, two digits (01.31)
% e month Days in (1..31)
% W Day of the week (Sunday-Saturday)
% r Time, 12-hour format, ending in AM or PM
% T time, 24-hour format
% H hour, two digits (00-23)
% i minutes, two digits (00..59)
% s seconds, two digits (00.59)
%% letters "%" - SELECT dt,DATE_FORMAT(dt,'%c/%e/%y %r') AS format1,DATE_FORMAT(dt,'%M %e,%Y %T') AS format2 FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT dt,TIME_FORMAT(dt,'%r') AS '12-hour time',TIME_FORMAT(dt,'%T') AS '24-hour time' FROM datetime_val;
Get the current date or time
- SELECT CURDATE(),CURTIME(),NOW();
- INSERT INTO tsdemo(val) VALUES(5);
- INSERT INTO tsdemo(val,ts_both,ts_create,ts_update) VALUES(10,NULL,NULL,NULL);
- SELECT * FROM tsdemo;
- SELECT dt,DATE(dt),TIME(dt) FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT dt,YEAR(dt),DAYOFMONTH(dt),HOUR(dt),SECOND(dt) FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT d,DAYOFYEAR(d) FROM date_val;
- SELECT d,DAYNAME(d),LEFT(DAYNAME(d),3) FROM date_val;
- SELECT dt,DATE_FORMAT(dt,'%Y') AS year,DATE_FORMAT(dt,'%d') AS day,TIME_FORMAT(dt,'%H') AS hour,TIME_FORMAT(dt,'%s') AS second FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT dt,DATE_FORMAT(dt,'%Y-%m-%d') AS 'date part',TIME_FORMAT(dt,'%T') AS 'time part' FROM datetime_val;
Synthetic date or time value
- SELECT MAKETIME (0,30,58), MAKETIME (-5,0,11);
- SELECT d,DATE_FORMAT(d,'%Y-%m-01') FROM date_val;
- SELECT t1,TIME_FORMAT(t1,'%H:%i:00') FROM time_val;
- SELECT d,CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',MONTH(d),'-01') FROM date_val;
- SELECT d,CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',LPAD(MONTH(d),2,'0'),'-01') FROM date_val;
Conversion between time value and basic unit
- SELECT t1,TIME_TO_SEC(t1) AS 'TIME to seconds',SEC_TO_TIME(TIME_TO_SEC(t1)) AS 'TIME to seconds to TIME' FROM time_val;
- SELECT t1,TIME_TO_SEC(t1) AS 'seconds',TIME_TO_SEC(t1)/60 AS 'minutes',TIME_TO_SEC(t1)/(6060) AS 'hours',TIME_TO_SEC(t1)/(2460*60) AS 'days' FROM time_val;
- ELECT dt,TIME_TO_SEC(dt) AS 'time part in seconds',SEC_TO_TIME(TIME_TO_SEC(dt)) AS 'time part as TIME' FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT d,TO_DAYS(d) AS 'DATE to days',FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(d)) AS 'DATE to days to DATE' FROM date_val;
- SELECT dt,TO_DAYS(dt) 'date part in days',FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(dt)) AS 'date part as DATE' FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT dt,UNIX_TIMESTAMP(dt) AS seconds,FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(dt)) AS timestamp FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT dt,UNIX_TIMESTAMP(dt) AS seconds,FROM_UNIXTIME(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(dt)) AS timestamp FROM datetime_val;
- SELECT DATEDIFF(@d1,@d2)AS 'd1 - @d2',DATEDIFF(@d2,@d1) AS 'd2-d1';
- SELECT TIMEDIFF(@t1,@t2) AS 't1-t2',TIMEDIFF(@t2,@t1) AS 't2-t1';
Time, date addition and subtraction
- SET @t1 = '12:00:00',@t2='15:30:00';
- SELECT ADDTIME(@t1,@t2);
- SET @dt = '1984-03-01 12:00:00',@t = '12:00:00';
- SELECT ADDTIME(@dt,@t);
- SELECT CURDATE(),DATE_ADD(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 3 DAY);
- SELECT CURDATE(),DATE_ADD(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 1 WEEK);
- SELECT NOW(),DATE_ADD(NOW(),INTERVAL '3 4' DAY_HOUR);
- SELECT @d AS date,FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(@d) +7) AS 'date + 1 week',FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(@d) - 7) AS 'date -1 week';
Calculate age
- SELECT * FROM sibling;
- SELECT name,birth,CURDATE() AS today,TIMESTAMPDIFF(YEAR,birth,CURDATE()) AS 'age in years',TIMESTAMPDIFF(MONTH,birth,CURDATE()) AS 'age in months' FROM sibling;
- SELECT name,birth,'1953-03-05' AS 'Franz''birth',TIMESTAMPDIFF(YEAR,birth,'1953-03-05') AS 'age in years',TIMESTAMPDIFF(MONTH,birth,'1953-03-05') AS 'age in months' FROM sibling WHERE name <> 'Franz;
Query the first day of the month, the last day or the number of days in the month
- SELECT d,DATE_SUB(d,INTERVAL DAYOFMONTH(d)-1 DAY ) AS '1st of month' FROM date_val;
- SELECT d,LAST_DAY(d) AS 'last of month' FROM date_val;
- SELECT d,LAST_DAY(DATE_ADD(d,INTERVAL -1 MONTH)) AS 'last of previous month',LAST_DAY(DATE_ADD(d,INTERVAL 1 MONTH)) AS 'last of following month' FROM date_val;
- SELECT d,DAYOFMONTH(LAST_DAY(d)) AS 'days in month' FROM date_val;
Calculate the date by substring substitution
- SELECT d,DATE_FORMAT(d,'%y-%m-01') AS '1st of month A',CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',LPAD(MONTH(d),2,'0'),'-01') AS '1st of month B' FROM date_val;
- SELECT CURDATE(),DATE_ADD(DATE_FORMAT(CURDATE(),'%Y-12-25'),INTERVAL 2 YEAR) AS 'Christmas A',DATE_FORMAT(DATE_ADD(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 2 YEAR),'%Y-12-25') AS 'Christmas B';
Calculate week
- SELECT CURDATE(),DAYNAME(CURDATE());
- SET @first = DATE_SUB(@d,INTERVAL DAYOFMONTH(@d)-1 DAY);
SELECT @d AS 'starting date',@first as '1st of month date',DAYNAME(@first) AS '1st of month day'; - SELECT d,DAYNAME(d) AS day,DATE_ADD(d,INTERVAL 1-DAYOFWEEK(d) DAY) AS Sunday,DATE_ADD(d,INTERVAL 7 -DAYOFWEEK(d) DAY) AS Saturday FROM date_val;
- SET @target= DATE_SUB(DATE_ADD(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 4-DAYOFWEEK(CURDATE()) DAY),INTERVAL 14 DAY);
SELECT CURDATE(),@target,DAYNAME(@target);
Calculate Runnian
- SELECT d,YEAR(d) % 4 = 0 AS 'rule-of thumb test',(YEAR(d) %4 = 0) AND ((YEAR(d) % 100 <> 0) OR (YEAR(d) % 400 =0)) AS 'complete test' FROM date_val;
- SET @d1 = '2014-04-13',@d2='2016-04-13';
SELECT DAYOFYEAR(DATE_FORMAT(@d1,'%Y-12-31')) AS 'days in 2014',DAYOFYEAR(DATE_FORMAT(@d2,'%Y-12-31')) AS 'days in 2016';
Date string in non-ISO format
- SELECT d,CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',MONTH(d),'-01') FROM date_val;
- SELECT CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-') AS 'non-ISO',DATE_ADD(CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',MONTH(d),'-01'),INTERVAL 0 DAY) AS 'ISO 1',CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',MONTH(d),'-01') + INTERVAL 0 DAY AS 'ISO 2',FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',MONTH(d),'-01'))) AS 'ISO 3',STR_TO_DATE(CONCAT(YEAR(d),'-',MONTH(d),'-01'),'%Y-%m-%d') AS 'ISO 4' FROM date_val;
Query based on time features
- SELECT d FROM date_val WHERE d < '1990-01-01';
- SELECT d FROM date_val WHERE d BETWEEN '1990-01-01' AND '1999-12-31';
- SELECT d FROM date_val WHERE d >= DATE_SUB(CURDATE(),INTERVAL 20 YEAR);