MySQL Query to convert from datetime to date?

You can use CAST() function from MySQL to achieve this. The syntax is as follows −

SELECT CAST(yourColumnName as Date) 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 ConvertDateTimeToDate -> ( -> ArrivalDatetime datetime -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.37 sec)

Insert the datetime in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −

mysql> insert into ConvertDateTimeToDate values(date_add(now(),interval -1 year)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into ConvertDateTimeToDate values('2017-11-21 13:10:20'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into ConvertDateTimeToDate values('2016-05-24 21:11:24'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.26 sec) mysql> insert into ConvertDateTimeToDate values('2012-04-30 04:05:50'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

Let us now display all records from the table using select command. The query is as follows.

mysql> select *from ConvertDateTimeToDate;

The following is the output.

+---------------------+ | ArrivalDatetime     | +---------------------+ | 2017-12-27 10:05:21 | | 2017-11-21 13:10:20 | | 2016-05-24 21:11:24 | | 2012-04-30 04:05:50 | +---------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to convert from datetime to date in MySQL.

mysql> select cast(ArrivalDatetime as Date) as Date from ConvertDateTimeToDate;

The following is the output.

+------------+ | Date       | +------------+ | 2017-12-27 | | 2017-11-21 | | 2016-05-24 | | 2012-04-30 | +------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)