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Convert VARCHAR Date to a different format in MySQL?
Let’s say you have set dates in the VARCHAR format. Now if you want to update the format, then use the UPDATE command along with STR_TO_DATE(). The syntax is as follows −
update yourTableName set yourColumnName=str_to_date(yourColumnName,'%m/%d/%Y');
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( DueDate varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('12/01/2019');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('01/31/2016');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('03/17/2018');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('07/25/2017');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+------------+ | DueDate | +------------+ | 12/01/2019 | | 01/31/2016 | | 03/17/2018 | | 07/25/2017 | +------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to convert varchar data to a different format in MySQL −
mysql> update DemoTable set DueDate=str_to_date(DueDate,'%m/%d/%Y'); Query OK, 4 rows affected (0.18 sec) Rows matched: 4 Changed: 4 Warnings: 0
Let us check the table records once again −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+------------+ | DueDate | +------------+ | 2019-12-01 | | 2016-01-31 | | 2018-03-17 | | 2017-07-25 | +------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 25-Sep-2019
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