TO_CHAR
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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])
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 | +-----------------------------------------------------+
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