MySQL and Oracle date formatting character table

MySQL and Oracle date formatting character table

Both Oracle and MySQL databases provide powerful date formatting formats. This article compares the formatting characters of the two databases for your reference:

Common Format String MySQL: Date_format (now (), '% Y-% m-% d % H: % I: % s ')

ORACLE:To_char (sysdate, 'yyyy-MM-DD hh24: MI: ss ')

The following is a detailed list of formatting characters. The blank field indicates that no corresponding format exists:

MySQL	Oracle	Description
%	Dy Dy Dy	Abbreviation of workday (Sun .. SAT)
% B	Mon Mon Mon	Abbreviated month name (Jan .. dec)
% C	Mm	Month, digit format (0 .. 12)
% D		Date of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd ,...)
% D	Dd	The date of the month, in the numeric format (00 .. 31)
% E		The date of the month, in the numeric format (0 .. 31)
% F	FF [6]	Microseconds (000000 .. 999999)
% H	Hh24	Hour (00 .. 23)
% H @ I	HH	Hour (01 .. 12)
% I	Mi	Minute, digit format (00 .. 59)
% J	Ddd	Days in a year (001 .. 366)
% K		Hour (0 .. 23)
% L		Hour (1 .. 12)
% M	Month Month Month	Month name (January... December)
% M	Mm	Month, digit format (00 .. 12)
% P	AM PM	AM or PM)
% R		Time, in 12-hour format (hour hh: minute mm: seconds SS plus am or pm)
% S	SS	Seconds (00 .. 59)
% S	SS	Seconds (00 .. 59)
% T		Time, in 24-hour format (hour hh: minute mm: seconds SS)
% U		Week (00 .. 53), where Sunday is the first day of the week
% U		Week (00 .. 53), where Monday is the first day of the week
% V		Week (01 .. 53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; and % x is used at the same time
% V		Week (01 .. 53), where Monday is the first day of the week; use both % x
% W		Workday name (Sunday... Saturday)
% W	D	Daily in a week (0 = Sunday .. 6 = Saturday)
% X		The year of the week, in which Sunday is the first day of the week, in the form of a number, 4 digits; and % V at the same time
% X		The year of the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, in the form of a number, 4 digits; used together with % v
% Y	Yyyy	Year, Number Format, 4-digit
% Y	YY	Year, Number Format (2 digits)
%		'%' Text character
	Sssss	The number of seconds that have elapsed since the day (0-86399)
	Q	Quarter (1, 2, 3, 4)
	Rm Rm Rm	Rome numeric month (I-XII; Jan = I)
	WW	Week (01 .. 52 ),Computing started in January 1
	IW	Week (00 .. 53 ),The calculation starts from the first Monday and is counted as the first week of the previous year.
	W	Week (1-5) in the month ),Calculated from the first day of every month
	FF [1 .. 9]	Microseconds,The following number indicates the number of digits displayed.

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