{"id":6801,"date":"2024-03-14T04:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-sql-remove-dashes-from-a-date\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T08:20:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:20:31","slug":"how-can-sql-remove-dashes-from-a-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-sql-remove-dashes-from-a-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Dashes from Date in SQL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the SQL function REPLACE to remove dashes from a date. Here is an example:<\/p>\n<p>Assuming the date field is date_column, the following SQL statement can be used to remove the dashes in the date:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> REPLACE(date_column, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'-'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">''<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">AS<\/span> cleaned_date\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> your_table;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will replace all dashes in the date_column with blank strings, returning a clean date without dashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the SQL function REPLACE to remove dashes from a date. 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