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STR_TO_DATE

Str_to_date​

Description​

Syntax​

DATETIME STR TWO DATES (VARCHAR STR, VARCHAR format)

Convert str to DATETIME in the manner specified by format. If str cannot be parsed in the format specified by format, the result is unspecified.

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