DATE_FORMAT(date,format)

Formats the date value according to the format string.

The following specifiers may be used in the format string. As of MySQL 3.23, the “%” character is required before format specifier characters. In earlier versions of MySQL, “%” was optional.

SpecifierDescription

%aAbbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)

%bAbbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)

%cMonth, numeric (0..12)

%DDay of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …)

%dDay of the month, numeric (00..31)

%eDay of the month, numeric (0..31)

%fMicroseconds (000000..999999)

%HHour (00..23)

%hHour (01..12)

%IHour (01..12)

%iMinutes, numeric (00..59)

%jDay of year (001..366)

%kHour (0..23)

%lHour (1..12)

%MMonth name (January..December)

%mMonth, numeric (00..12)

%pAM or PM

%rTime, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss followed by AM or PM)

%SSeconds (00..59)

%sSeconds (00..59)

%TTime, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)

%UWeek (00..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week

%uWeek (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week

%VWeek (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; used with %X

%vWeek (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week; used with %x

%WWeekday name (Sunday..Saturday)

%wDay of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday)

%XYear for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %V

%xYear for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %v

%YYear, numeric, four digits

%yYear, numeric (two digits)

%%A literal “%” character

%xx, for any “x” not listed above

The %v, %V, %x, and %X format specifiers are available as of MySQL 3.23.8. %f is available as of MySQL 4.1.1.

Ranges for the month and day specifiers begin with zero due to the fact that MySQL permits the storing of incomplete dates such as '2014-00-00' (as of MySQL 3.23).

As of MySQL 4.1.21, the language used for day and month names and abbreviations is controlled by the value of the lc_time_names system variable (Section 9.8, “MySQL Server Locale Support”).

As of MySQL 4.1.23, DATE_FORMAT() returns a string with a character set and collation given by character_set_connection and collation_connection so that it can return month and weekday names containing non-ASCII characters. Before 4.1.23, the return value is a binary string.