How is the usage of todate in MySQL?

There is no built-in TODATE() function in MySQL. However, you can use the STR_TO_DATE() function to convert a string to a date format.

The syntax of the STR_TO_DATE() function is as follows:

STR_TO_DATE(str, format)

In this case, str is the string to be converted to a date, and format is the date format.

Here is an example demonstrating how to use the STR_TO_DATE() function to convert a string to a date:

SELECT STR_TO_DATE('2022-01-01', '%Y-%m-%d') AS date;

This will return a result in the form of a date type, specifically 2022-01-01.

You can adjust the value of the format parameter according to the format of the date string. Here are some common date formats and their corresponding symbols:

1. %Y: Year in four digits
2. %m: Month in two-digit format (01-12)
3. %d: a two-digit date (01-31)
4. %H: Hours (00-23)
5. Minutes (00-59)
6. %s: seconds (00-59)

I hope the above information is helpful to you!