Question

How to format SQL NOW() Function (current system date and time) in MySQL

Answer 1

SELECT FirstName, Salary, DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%m-%d-%Y') AS w_date
FROM workers

--  FirstName 	Salary 	    w_date 	
--    aaa 	    3000.45 	10-14-2015
--    bbb 	    6000.55 	10-14-2015

 

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Answer 2

SELECT FirstName, Salary, DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%d %b %y') AS w_date
FROM workers

--  FirstName 	Salary 	  w_date 	
--  aaa 	    3000.45   14 Oct 15
--  bbb 	    6000.55   14 Oct 15

 

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Answer 3

SELECT FirstName, Salary, DATE_FORMAT(NOW(), '%b %d %Y %h:%i %p') AS w_date
FROM workers

--  FirstName 	Salary 	   w_date 	
--    aaa 	    3000.45    Oct 14 2015 09:42 AM
--    bbb 	    6000.55    Oct 14 2015 09:42 AM

 

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