{"id":16907,"date":"2024-03-15T13:54:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-a-datetime-to-a-string-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:53:37","slug":"how-to-convert-a-datetime-to-a-string-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-a-datetime-to-a-string-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert a datetime to a string in MySQL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In MySQL, you can use the DATE_FORMAT function to convert datetime data into a string.<\/p>\n<p>The grammar is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>DATE_FORMAT(<span class=\"hljs-type\">date<\/span>, format)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this case, the date is the value of the date or time to be converted, and the format is the format of the date or time.<\/p>\n<p>For example, converting datetime data type to a string and specifying the format as &#8220;YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS&#8221;:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> DATE_FORMAT(datetime_column, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s'<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> datetime_string \r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> table_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>datetime_column is the name of a column of type datetime, while table_name is the name of the table.<\/p>\n<p>The example above will create a new column called datetime_string, which will contain the results of converting the data of type datetime to a string.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to convert data of datetime type into a different format of string, you can use different format codes according to your needs, please refer to the official documentation of MySQL for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In MySQL, you can use the DATE_FORMAT function to convert datetime data into a string. 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