DATE_FORMAT > MySQL

DATE_FORMAT(date,format)
 Formats the date value according to the format string. The following specifiers may be used in the format string:

Specifier 
Description 

%M 
Month name (January..December) 

%W 
Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday) 

%D 
Day of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) 

%Y 
Year, numeric, 4 digits 

%y 
Year, numeric, 2 digits 

%X 
Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%V' 

%x 
Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, 4 digits, used with '%v' 

%a 
Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat) 

%d 
Day of the month, numeric (00..31) 

%e 
Day of the month, numeric (0..31) 

%m 
Month, numeric (00..12) 

%c 
Month, numeric (0..12) 

%b 
Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) 

%j 
Day of year (001..366) 

%H 
Hour (00..23) 

%k 
Hour (0..23) 

%h 
Hour (01..12) 

%I 
Hour (01..12) 

%l 
Hour (1..12) 

%i 
Minutes, numeric (00..59) 

%r 
Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M) 

%T 
Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss) 

%S 
Seconds (00..59) 

%s 
Seconds (00..59) 

%p 
AM or PM 

%w 
Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday) 

%U 
Week (00..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week 

%u 
Week (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week 

%V 
Week (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week. Used with '%X' 

%v 
Week (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week. Used with '%x' 

%% 
A literal `%'. 
 All other characters are just copied to the result without interpretation:
 mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%W %M %Y');
        -> 'Saturday October 1997'
 mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00', '%H:%i:%s');
        -> '22:23:00'
 mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00',
                          '%D %y %a %d %m %b %j');
        -> '4th 97 Sat 04 10 Oct 277'
 mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1997-10-04 22:23:00',
                          '%H %k %I %r %T %S %w');
        -> '22 22 10 10:23:00 PM 22:23:00 00 6'
 mysql> SELECT DATE_FORMAT('1999-01-01', '%X %V');
        -> '1998 52'