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How to select a specific record from MySQL if date is in VARCHAR format?
For this, use STR_TO_DATE(). Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( DueDate varchar(60) ) ; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('12-AUG-2016');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('14-AUG-2018');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('24-AUG-2012');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('14-AUG-2012');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-------------+ | DueDate | +-------------+ | 12-AUG-2016 | | 14-AUG-2018 | | 24-AUG-2012 | | 14-AUG-2012 | +-------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to select record from MySQL if date is in VARCHAR format. The STR_TO_DATE() method is used to convert string to date −
mysql> select *from DemoTable where str_to_date(DueDate,'%d-%M-%Y')=str_to_date('14-AUG-2012','%d-%M-%Y');This will produce the following output −
+-------------+ | DueDate | +-------------+ | 14-AUG-2012 | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 09-Oct-2019
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