How to get the creation date of a MySQL table?

To get the creation date of a MySQL table, use create_time from information_schema.tables. The syntax is as follows −

SELECT create_time FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE table_schema = 'yourDatabaseName' AND table_name = 'yourTableName';

My table name is 'skiplasttenrecords' and database is ‘test’.

Implement the above syntax for your database and table name. The query is as follows −

mysql> SELECT create_time FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE table_schema = 'test'
   −> AND table_name = 'skiplasttenrecords';

The following is the output displaying the creation date −

+---------------------+
| CREATE_TIME         |
+---------------------+
| 2018-11-29 15:47:14 |
+---------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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