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MySQL TIME_FORMAT Function

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MySQL TIME_FORMAT function is the one of the Date Function, which is used to format the time value as per the given specifier.

In this article, we will show you, How to use this MySQL Time Format function to format the given time expression with an example.

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Syntax

The basic syntax of the TIME_FORMAT() Function in MySQL is as shown below:

TIME_FORMAT(Time, Time_format_specifier);

MySQL TIME_FORMAT function Example 1

The following are the list examples for this time format function in MySQL. These queries helps you understand all the Time format specifier that are available.

In this example, First, %f returns the Microseconds. Next, %H returns the hours in 24 hours format (0 to 23) and %h returns the Hours Value in 12 hours format (1 to 12).

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('23:15:59.123456', '%f');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('23:15:59.123456', '%H');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('23:15:59.123456', '%h');

OUTPUT

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Function 1

Here, in this MySQL Time Format example, %l returns Hours in 12 hours format (1 to 12). Next, %k returns the hours in 24 hours format (0 to 23) and %i return minutes.

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('23:15:59.123456', '%l');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%k');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%i');

OUTPUT

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Function 2

In this example, First, %s returns the Seconds value. Next, %l return time in 12 hours format and %p returns AM or PM. Within the third statement, %T return the 24 hours Time (HH:MM:SS) from a given Time expression.

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%s');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%l %p');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%T %p');

OUTPUT

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Function 3

In this example, we are combing all the formatters that available to format Time values in a single statement.

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%H, %i, %s, %f, %T %p');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%H %i %s %f %T %p');

SELECT TIME_FORMAT('19:15:59.999888', '%H %i %s %p');

OUTPUT

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Function 4

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Example 2

In this example, we will show you, how to use this MySQL Time format function on a table data. Here, we are formatting the HireDate column value.

SELECT EmpID, 
       FirstName,
       LastName,
       Occupation,
       Sales,
       HireDate,
       TIME_FORMAT(HireDate, '%H %i %s %f %T %p') AS 'Time Format Example'
FROM `MySQL Tutorial`.customer;

OUTPUT

MySQL TIME_FORMAT Function 5

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