{"id":2629,"date":"2013-05-21T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/?page_id=2629"},"modified":"2023-12-28T22:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T05:15:22","slug":"mysql-str_to_date","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/mysql-date-functions\/mysql-str_to_date\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL STR_TO_DATE() Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Summary<\/b>: in this tutorial, we will show you how to use the <strong>MySQL STR_TO_DATE() <\/strong>function to convert a string into a date, time, or datetime value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to MySQL STR_TO_DATE function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> converts a string into a date value based on a specified format string. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the syntax of the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">STR_TO_DATE(str,fmt);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>str<\/code>: This is the input string that you want to convert.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>fmt<\/code>: This is the format string that includes format specifiers. For example, <code>%d<\/code> for day, <code>%m<\/code> for month and <code>%y<\/code> for year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function may return a <code>DATE<\/code> , <code>TIME,<\/code> or <code>DATETIME<\/code> value based on the input and format strings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the input string is illegal, the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function returns <code>NULL.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function scans the input string to match the format string. The format string may contain literal characters and format specifiers that begin with a percentage (%) character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Refer to the <a title=\"MySQL DATE_FORMAT function\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/mysql-date-functions\/mysql-date_format\/\">DATE_FORMAT function <\/a>for the list of format specifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function is very useful in data migration that involves temporal data conversion from an external format to MySQL temporal data format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MySQL STR_TO_DATE examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at some examples of using <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function to convert strings into date and\/or time values<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement converts a string into a <code>DATE<\/code> value.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">STR_TO_DATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'21,5,2013'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%d,%m,%Y'<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"sql\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/tryit\/query\/mysql-str_to_date\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">+-------------------------------------+\r\n| STR_TO_DATE(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'21,5,2013'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%d,%m,%Y'<\/span>) |\r\n+-------------------------------------+\r\n| <span class=\"hljs-number\">2013<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-05<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-21<\/span>                          |\r\n+-------------------------------------+\r\n<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> row <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (0.00 sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Based on the format string &#8216;%d, %m, %Y&#8217;, the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function scans the &#8216;21,5,2013&#8217; input string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, it attempts to find a match for the <code>%d<\/code> format specifier, which is a day of the month (01&#8230;31), in the input string. Because the number 21 matches with the <code> %d<\/code> specifier, the function takes 21 as the day value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second, because the comma (,) literal character in the format string matches with the comma in the input string, the function continues to check the second format specifier <code>%m<\/code> , which is a month (01&#8230;12), and finds that the number 5 matches with the <code> %m<\/code> format specifier. It takes the number 5 as the month value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Third, after matching the second comma (,), the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function keeps finding a match for the third format specifier <code>%Y<\/code> , which is a four-digit year e.g., 2012,2013, etc., and it takes the number 2013 as the year value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function ignores extra characters at the end of the input string when it parses the input string based on the format string. See the following example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">STR_TO_DATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'21,5,2013 extra characters'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%d,%m,%Y'<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"sql\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/tryit\/query\/mysql-str_to_date\/#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">+------------------------------------------------------+\r\n| STR_TO_DATE(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'21,5,2013 extra characters'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%d,%m,%Y'<\/span>) |\r\n+------------------------------------------------------+\r\n| <span class=\"hljs-number\">2013<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-05<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-21<\/span>                                           |\r\n+------------------------------------------------------+\r\n<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> row <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span>, 1 warning (0.00 sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> sets all incomplete date values, which are not provided by the input string, to NULL. See the following example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">STR_TO_DATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'2013'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%Y'<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"sql\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/tryit\/query\/mysql-str_to_date\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">+--------------------------+\r\n| STR_TO_DATE(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'2013'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%Y'<\/span>) |\r\n+--------------------------+\r\n| NULL                     |\r\n+--------------------------+\r\n<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> row <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span>, 1 warning (0.00 sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Because the input string only provides a year value, the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function returns a date value that has month and day set to NULL. Notice that in MySQL 5.7 or earlier, the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> sets month and day to zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example converts a time string into a <code>TIME<\/code> value:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">STR_TO_DATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'113005'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%h%i%s'<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"sql\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/tryit\/query\/mysql-str_to_date\/#4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-9\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">+--------------------------------+\r\n| STR_TO_DATE(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'113005'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%h%i%s'<\/span>) |\r\n+--------------------------------+\r\n| <span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>:<span class=\"hljs-number\">30<\/span>:<span class=\"hljs-number\">05<\/span>                       |\r\n+--------------------------------+\r\n<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> row <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (0.00 sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-9\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Similar to the unspecified date part, the <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function sets unspecified time part to zero, see the following example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-10\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">STR_TO_DATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'11'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%h'<\/span>);<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-10\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"sql\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/tryit\/query\/mysql-str_to_date\/#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-11\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">+------------------------+\r\n| STR_TO_DATE(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'11'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%h'<\/span>) |\r\n+------------------------+\r\n| <span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>:<span class=\"hljs-number\">00<\/span>:<span class=\"hljs-number\">00<\/span>               |\r\n+------------------------+\r\n<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> row <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (0.00 sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-11\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following example converts the string into a <code>DATETIME<\/code> value because the input string provides both date and time parts.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-12\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">STR_TO_DATE<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'20130101 1130'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%Y%m%d %h%i'<\/span>) ;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-12\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a class=\"sql\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mysqltutorial.org\/tryit\/query\/mysql-str_to_date\/#6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try It Out<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-13\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">+--------------------------------------------+\r\n| STR_TO_DATE(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'20130101 1130'<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-string\">'%Y%m%d %h%i'<\/span>) |\r\n+--------------------------------------------+\r\n| <span class=\"hljs-number\">2013<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-01<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-01<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">11<\/span>:<span class=\"hljs-number\">30<\/span>:<span class=\"hljs-number\">00<\/span>                        |\r\n+--------------------------------------------+\r\n<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span> row <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">set<\/span> (0.00 sec)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-13\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the MySQL <code>STR_TO_DATE()<\/code> function to convert strings to date and time values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content\" data-title=\"\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"wth-question\">Was this tutorial 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