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TO_CHAR

MariaDB starting with 10.6.1

The TO_CHAR function was introduced in MariaDB 10.6.1 to enhance Oracle compatibility.

Syntax

TO_CHAR(expr[, fmt])

Contents

  1. Syntax
  2. Description
  3. Examples
  4. See Also

Description

The TO_CHAR function converts an expr of type date, datetime, time or timestamp to a string. The optional fmt argument supports YYYY/YYY/YY/RRRR/RR/MM/MON/MONTH/MI/DD/DY/HH/HH12/HH24/SS and special characters. The default value is "YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS".

In Oracle, TO_CHAR can also be used to convert numbers to strings, but this is not supported in MariaDB and will give an error.

Examples

SELECT TO_CHAR('1980-01-11 04:50:39', 'YYYY-MM-DD');
+----------------------------------------------+
| TO_CHAR('1980-01-11 04:50:39', 'YYYY-MM-DD') |
+----------------------------------------------+
| 1980-01-11                                   |
+----------------------------------------------+

SELECT TO_CHAR('1980-01-11 04:50:39', 'HH24-MI-SS');
+----------------------------------------------+
| TO_CHAR('1980-01-11 04:50:39', 'HH24-MI-SS') |
+----------------------------------------------+
| 04-50-39                                     |
+----------------------------------------------+

SELECT TO_CHAR('00-01-01 00:00:00', 'YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| TO_CHAR('00-01-01 00:00:00', 'YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 00-01-01 00:00:00                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------+

SELECT TO_CHAR('99-12-31 23:59:59', 'YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| TO_CHAR('99-12-31 23:59:59', 'YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 99-12-31 23:59:59                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------+

SELECT TO_CHAR('9999-12-31 23:59:59', 'YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| TO_CHAR('9999-12-31 23:59:59', 'YY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| 99-12-31 23:59:59                                     |
+-------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT TO_CHAR('21-01-03 08:30:00', 'Y-MONTH-DY HH:MI:SS');
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| TO_CHAR('21-01-03 08:30:00', 'Y-MONTH-DY HH:MI:SS') |
+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 1-January  -Sun 08:30:00                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------+

See Also

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