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from_unixtime

from_unixtime

description

syntax

DATETIME FROM UNIXTIME (INT unix timestamp [, VARCHAR string format]

Convert the UNIX timestamp to the corresponding time format of bits, and the format returned is specified by string_format

Input is an integer and return is a string type

Support date_format's format, and default is %Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s

Other string_format is illegal and will returns NULL.

example

mysql> select from_unixtime(1196440219);
+---------------------------+
| from_unixtime(1196440219) |
+---------------------------+
| 2007-12-01 00:30:19 |
+---------------------------+

mysql> select from_unixtime(1196440219, '%Y-%m-%d');
+-----------------------------------------+
| from_unixtime(1196440219, '%Y-%m-%d') |
+-----------------------------------------+
| 2007-12-01 |
+-----------------------------------------+

mysql> select from_unixtime(1196440219, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s');
+--------------------------------------------------+
|From unixtime (1196440219,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s') |
+--------------------------------------------------+
| 2007-12-01 00:30:19 |
+--------------------------------------------------+

For timestamps that exceed the range, you can use the "from_second" function. DATETIME FROM_SECOND(BIGINT unix_timestamp)

mysql> select from_second(21474836470);
+--------------------------+
| from_second(21474836470) |
+--------------------------+
| 2650-07-06 16:21:10 |
+--------------------------+

keywords

FROM_UNIXTIME,FROM,UNIXTIME