MySQL strip time component from datetime?

You can strip time component from datetime with the help of DATE() function. The syntax is as follows −

SELECT DATE(yourColumnName) from yourTableName;

To understand the above concept, let us first create a table −

mysql> create table StripComponentDatetimeDemo -> ( -> YourDateTime datetime -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)

Let us now insert some records in the table. The query is as follows −

mysql> insert into StripComponentDatetimeDemo values(date_add(now(),interval 1 day)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

Display records with the help of select statement. The query is as follows displaying datetime −

mysql> select *from StripComponentDatetimeDemo;

The following is the output −

+---------------------+ | YourDateTime | +---------------------+ | 2018-11-25 20:15:07 | +---------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

The following is the query that strips time component −

mysql> SELECT DATE(YourDateTime) from StripComponentDatetimeDemo;

The following is the output −

+--------------------+ | DATE(YourDateTime) | +--------------------+ | 2018-11-25 | +--------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)