MySQL Time Function

MySQL Time Function is useful to extract the Time part from the given DateTime. In this study, we show you how to use this method to extract the time value from the given expression with an example, and the syntax is

TIME(Time or DateTime or expression);

MySQL Time function Example

Here, we are using this MySQL method to extract the Time value from the expression and different Datetime expressions.

SELECT TIME('10:12:34');

SELECT TIME('2016-05-19 11:14:34');

SELECT TIME('2016-05-19 16:14:39');

We are extracting the Time value from the current datetime returned by the Now, UTC_TIME function, and UTC_TIMESTAMP function.

SELECT NOW(), TIME(NOW());

SELECT UTC_TIME(), TIME(UTC_TIME());

SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP(), TIME(UTC_TIMESTAMP());

In this Date method example, we are trying to return the Time value from the String DateTime format.

SELECT NOW(), TIME(NOW() + 10);

SELECT NOW(), TIME(NOW() + 10);

SELECT UTC_TIMESTAMP(), TIME(UTC_TIMESTAMP()+10);

Here, we are trying to return the value from different DateTime formats. Within the last MySQL statement, we used the zeros.

SELECT TIME('2016-05-19 11:14:34.111234');

SELECT TIME('11:14:74.111234');

SELECT TIME('00:00:00');

Example

Using the Time function on table data. Here, we are returning the output from the Hire Date column.

SELECT EmpID,
       FirstName,
       LastName,
       Occupation,
       YearlyIncome,
       Sales,
       HireDate,
       TIME(HireDate)
 FROM customer;