STR_TO_DATE

Str_to_date

Description

Syntax

DATETIME STR TWO DATES (VARCHAR STR, VARCHAR format)

Convert STR to DATE type by format specified, if the conversion result does not return NULL. Note that the 'format' parameter specifies the format of the first parameter.

All formats in date_format are supported. In addition, support auto completing the remainder of date part for '%Y' and '%Y-%m'.

example

mysql> select str_to_date('2014-12-21 12:34:56', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s');
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| str_to_date('2014-12-21 12:34:56', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s') |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| 2014-12-21 12:34:56                                     |
+---------------------------------------------------------+

mysql> select str_to_date('2014-12-21 12:34%3A56', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i%%3A%s');
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| str_to_date('2014-12-21 12:34%3A56', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i%%3A%s') |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| 2014-12-21 12:34:56                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+

mysql> select str_to_date('200442 Monday', '%X%V %W');
+-----------------------------------------+
| str_to_date('200442 Monday', '%X%V %W') |
+-----------------------------------------+
| 2004-10-18                              |
+-----------------------------------------+

mysql> select str_to_date("2020-09-01", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s");
+------------------------------------------------+
| str_to_date('2020-09-01', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s') |
+------------------------------------------------+
| 2020-09-01 00:00:00                            |
+------------------------------------------------+

mysql> select str_to_date('2023','%Y');
+---------------------------+
| str_to_date('2023', '%Y') |
+---------------------------+
| 2023-01-01                |
+---------------------------+

keywords

STR_TO_DATE,STR,TO,DATE