MySQL DATE_FORMAT() Function

The date_format() is a MySQL date/time function. It is used to get the date in specified format.

Syntax

Date: date to be formatted

Format_mask: format to be applied in date, following is the list of all the formats.

Value	Description
%a	Weekday name abbreviated (Sun to Sat)
%b	Month name abbreviated (Jan to Dec)
%c	Month as a numeric value (0 to 12)
%D	Day of the month as a numeric value, followed by suffix (1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...)
%d	Day of the month as a numeric value (01 to 31)
%e	Day of the month as a numeric value (0 to 31)
%f	Microseconds (000000 to 999999) %f is available starting in MySQL 4.1.1
%H	Hour (00 to 23)
%h	Hour (00 to 12)
%I	Hour (00 to 12)
%i	Minutes (00 to 59)
%j	Day of the year (001 to 366)
%k	Hour (00 to 23)
%l	Hour (1 to 12)
%M	Month name in full (January to December)
%m	Month name as a numeric value (00 to 12)
%p	AM or PM
%r	Time in 12-hour AM or PM format (hh:mm:ss AM/PM)
%S	Seconds (00 to 59)
%s	Seconds (00 to 59)
%T	Time in 24 hour format (hh:mm:ss)
%U	Week where Sunday is the first day of the week (00 to 53)
%u	Week where Monday is the first day of the week (00 to 53)
%V	Week where Sunday is the first day of the week (01 to 53) Available starting in MySQL 3.23.8 and used with %X
%v	Week where Monday is the first day of the week (01 to 53) Available starting in MySQL 3.23.8 and used with %X
%W	Weekday name in full (Sunday to Saturday)
%w	Day of the week where Sunday=0 and Saturday=6
%X	Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week Available starting in MySQL 3.23.8 and used with %V
%x	Year for the week where Monday is the first day of the week Available starting in MySQL 3.23.8 and used with %v
%Y	Year as a numeric, 4-digit value
%y	Year as a numeric, 2-digit value