GET_FORMAT
Syntax
GET_FORMAT({DATE|DATETIME|TIME}, {'EUR'|'USA'|'JIS'|'ISO'|'INTERNAL'})
Description
Returns a format string. This function is useful in combination with the DATE_FORMAT() and the STR_TO_DATE() functions.
Possible result formats are:
| Function Call | Result Format |
|---|---|
| GET_FORMAT(DATE,'EUR') | '%d.%m.%Y' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATE,'USA') | '%m.%d.%Y' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATE,'JIS') | '%Y-%m-%d' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATE,'ISO') | '%Y-%m-%d' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATE,'INTERNAL') | '%Y%m%d' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATETIME,'EUR') | '%Y-%m-%d %H.%i.%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATETIME,'USA') | '%Y-%m-%d %H.%i.%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATETIME,'JIS') | '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATETIME,'ISO') | '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(DATETIME,'INTERNAL') | '%Y%m%d%H%i%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(TIME,'EUR') | '%H.%i.%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(TIME,'USA') | '%h:%i:%s %p' |
| GET_FORMAT(TIME,'JIS') | '%H:%i:%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(TIME,'ISO') | '%H:%i:%s' |
| GET_FORMAT(TIME,'INTERNAL') | '%H%i%s' |
Examples
Obtaining the string matching to the standard European date format:
SELECT GET_FORMAT(DATE, 'EUR'); +-------------------------+ | GET_FORMAT(DATE, 'EUR') | +-------------------------+ | %d.%m.%Y | +-------------------------+
Using the same string to format a date:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2003-10-03',GET_FORMAT(DATE,'EUR')); +--------------------------------------------------+ | DATE_FORMAT('2003-10-03',GET_FORMAT(DATE,'EUR')) | +--------------------------------------------------+ | 03.10.2003 | +--------------------------------------------------+ SELECT STR_TO_DATE('10.31.2003',GET_FORMAT(DATE,'USA')); +--------------------------------------------------+ | STR_TO_DATE('10.31.2003',GET_FORMAT(DATE,'USA')) | +--------------------------------------------------+ | 2003-10-31 | +--------------------------------------------------+
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