Get only the date in timestamp in MySQL?

In order to get the date from the timestamp, you can use DATE() function from MySQL.

The syntax is as follows −

Syntax

SELECT DATE(yourTimestampColumnName) as anyVariableName from yourTableName;

To understand the above syntax, let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −

mysql> create table DateFromTimestamp
-> (
-> ShippingDateTime timestamp
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)

Insert date and time for the column ShippingDateTime we created above.

The query to insert record is as follows −

mysql> insert into DateFromTimestamp values('2012-12-26 13:24:35');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

mysql> insert into DateFromTimestamp values('2013-11-26 14:36:40');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

mysql> insert into DateFromTimestamp values('2016-07-22 15:20:10');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

mysql> insert into DateFromTimestamp values('2017-11-04 04:25:30');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table using select command. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from DateFromTimestamp;

Output

+---------------------+
| ShippingDateTime    |
+---------------------+
| 2012-12-26 13:24:35 |
| 2013-11-26 14:36:40 |
| 2016-07-22 15:20:10 |
| 2017-11-04 04:25:30 |
+---------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The following is the query to display only date from a timestamp using date() function −

mysql> select date(ShippingDateTime) as OnlyDatePartFromTimestamp from
DateFromTimestamp;

Output

+---------------------------+
| OnlyDatePartFromTimestamp |
+---------------------------+
| 2012-12-26                |
| 2013-11-26                |
| 2016-07-22                |
| 2017-11-04                |
+---------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)