Date Handling - Parse Dates with MySQL
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MySQL has a similar function, calledSTR_TO_DATE. This works with the format strings in MySQL format:
INSERT INTO d VALUES (STR_TO_DATE('1 Jun 2006', '%d %b %Y'));
%brepresents the abbreviated month name,%dis the day of the month, and%Yis a four-digit year.
Parse Dates with SQL Server
If your input format is a fixed size (with leading zeros), combine theSUBSTRINGfunction to build the string. Convert a string such as'06/18/2006'into a date:
INSERT INTO d
SELECT SUBSTRING(x,7,4)+'-'+
SUBSTRING(x,1,2)+'-'+
SUBSTRING(x,4,2)
FROM (SELECT '06/18/2006' AS x) y;
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