MariaDB: STR_TO_DATE Function
This MariaDB tutorial explains how to use the MariaDB STR_TO_DATE function with syntax and examples.
Description
The MariaDB STR_TO_DATE function takes a string and returns a date specified by a format mask.
Syntax
The syntax for the STR_TO_DATE function in MariaDB is:
STR_TO_DATE( string, format_mask )
Parameters or Arguments
- string
- The string value to format as a date.
- format_mask
The format to apply to string. The following is a list of options for the format_mask parameter. These parameters can be used in many combinations.
Value Description %a Weekday name abbreviated (Sun to Sat) %b Month name abbreviated (Jan to Dec) %c Month as a numeric value (0 to 12) %D Day of the month as a numeric value, followed by suffix (1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...) %d Day of the month as a numeric value (01 to 31) %e Day of the month as a numeric value (0 to 31) %f Microseconds (000000 to 999999) %H Hour (00 to 23) %h Hour (00 to 12) %I Hour (00 to 12) %i Minutes (00 to 59) %j Day of the year (001 to 366) %k Hour (00 to 23) %l Hour (1 to 12) %M Month name in full (January to December) %m Month name as a numeric value (00 to 12) %p AM or PM %r Time in 12 hour AM or PM format (hh:mm:ss AM/PM) %S Seconds (00 to 59) %s Seconds (00 to 59) %T Time in 24 hour format (hh:mm:ss) %U Week where Sunday is the first day of the week (00 to 53) %u Week where Monday is the first day of the week (00 to 53) %V Week where Sunday is the first day of the week (01 to 53)
Used with %X%v Week where Monday is the first day of the week (01 to 53)
Used with %X%W Weekday name in full (Sunday to Saturday) %w Day of the week where Sunday=0 and Saturday=6 %X Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week
Used with %V%x Year for the week where Monday is the first day of the week
Used with %v%Y Year as a numeric, 4-digit value %y Year as a numeric, 2-digit value
Note
- The STR_TO_DATE function will return a datetime value, if the string contains both valid date and time parts.
- The STR_TO_DATE function will return a date value, if the string contains only valid date parts.
- The STR_TO_DATE function will return a time value, if the string contains only valid time parts.
- The STR_TO_DATE function will return a NULL value, if it is unable to extract valid date and time parts using the format_mask.
Applies To
The STR_TO_DATE function can be used in the following versions of MariaDB:
- MariaDB 10
Example
Let's look at some MariaDB STR_TO_DATE function examples and explore how to use the STR_TO_DATE function in MariaDB.
For example:
SELECT STR_TO_DATE('June 02 2014', '%M %d %Y'); Result: '2014-06-02' SELECT STR_TO_DATE('March,8,2014', '%M,%e,%Y'); Result: '2014-03-08' SELECT STR_TO_DATE('Wednesday, June 2, 2014', '%W, %M %e, %Y'); Result: '2014-06-02' SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014,6,30 07', '%Y,%m,%d %h'); Result: '2014-06-30 07:00:00' SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2014,6,30 07,30,59', '%Y,%m,%d %h,%i,%s'); Result: '2014-06-30 07:30:59' SELECT STR_TO_DATE('09,53,01', '%h,%i,%s'); Result: '09:53:01'
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