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DATE FUNCTION

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Syntax

DATE(expr)

Description

Extracts the date part of the date or datetime expression expr.

Examples

SELECT DATE('2013-07-18 12:21:32');
+-----------------------------+
| DATE('2013-07-18 12:21:32') |
+-----------------------------+
| 2013-07-18                  |
+-----------------------------+

Error Handling

Until MariaDB 5.5.32, some versions of MariaDB returned 0000-00-00 when passed an invalid date. From 5.5.32, NULL is returned.

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