How to set time data type to be only HH:MM in MySQL?

You can use DATE_FORMAT() to set time data type to be only HH:MM. 

Following is the syntax −

select DATE_FORMAT(yourColumnName, "%H:%i") AS anyAliasName from yourTableName;

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable (    Arrivaltime time ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)

Insert records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('08:20'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('05:40'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)

Following is the query to display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-------------+ | Arrivaltime | +-------------+ | 08:20:00 | | 05:40:00 | +-------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to set only HH:MM in MySQL database −

mysql> select DATE_FORMAT(Arrivaltime, "%H:%i") AS ONLY_HOUR_MINUTE from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+------------------+ | ONLY_HOUR_MINUTE | +------------------+ | 08:20 | | 05:40 | +------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.03 sec)