{"id":10566,"date":"2024-03-14T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-date_format-function-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:11:47","slug":"what-is-the-purpose-of-the-date_format-function-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-date_format-function-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL DATE_FORMAT Guide &#038; Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The date_format function in MySQL is used to format date and time into a specified format. This function takes two parameters, the first one being the date and time value, and the second one being the format string to apply.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you can use the date_format function to format the date and time as year-month-day: %Y-%m-%d. 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