Detailed explanation of formatted date in mysql

 

 The DATE_FORMAT() function is used to display date/time data in different formats.

 

1	DATE_FORMAT( date ,format)

The format of the format parameter is

%a	Abbreviated week name
%b	Abbreviated month name
%c	month, value
%D	day of the month with an English prefix
%d	Day of the month, numeric (00-31)
%e	day of the month, numeric (0-31)
%f	microseconds
%H	Hours (00-23)
%h	Hours (01-12)
%I	Hours (01-12)
%i	minutes, numeric (00-59)
%j	Day of the Year (001-366)
%k	Hours (0-23)
%l	Hours (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) Sunday is the first day of the week
% u	Week (00-53) Monday is the first day of the week
%V	Week (01-53) Sunday is the first day of the week, used with %X
%v	Week (01-53) Monday is the first day of the week, used with %x
%W	week name
%w	day of the week (0=Sunday, 6=Saturday)
%X	Year, where Sunday is the first day of the week, 4 digits, used with %V
%x	Year, where Monday is the first day of the week, 4 digits, used with %v
%AND	year, 4 digits
%and	year, 2 digits

example:

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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' )

Output result:

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2. MySQL format function FROM_UNIXTIME()

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SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME( date , '%Y-%c-%d %h:%i:%s' ) as post_date , date_format(NOW(), '%Y-%c-%d %h:%i:%s' ) as post_date_gmt FROM `article` where outkey = 'Y'