9.8. Date and Time Functions and Operators
Date and Time Operators
| Operator | Example | Result |
|---|---|---|
| + | date '2012-08-08' + interval '2' day | 2012-08-10 |
| + | time '01:00' + interval '3' hour | 04:00:00.000 |
| + | timestamp '2012-08-08 01:00' + interval '29' hour | 2012-08-09 06:00:00.000 |
| + | timestamp '2012-10-31 01:00' + interval '1' month | 2012-11-30 01:00:00.000 |
| + | interval '2' day + interval '3' hour | 2 03:00:00.000 |
| + | interval '3' year + interval '5' month | 3-5 |
| - | date '2012-08-08' - interval '2' day | 2012-08-06 |
| - | time '01:00' - interval '3' hour | 22:00:00.000 |
| - | timestamp '2012-08-08 01:00' - interval '29' hour | 2012-08-06 20:00:00.000 |
| - | timestamp '2012-10-31 01:00' - interval '1' month | 2012-09-30 01:00:00.000 |
| - | interval '2' day - interval '3' hour | 1 21:00:00.000 |
| - | interval '3' year - interval '5' month | 2-7 |
Time Zone Conversion
The AT TIME ZONE operator sets the time zone of a timestamp:
SELECT timestamp '2012-10-31 01:00 UTC';
2012-10-31 01:00:00.000 UTC
SELECT timestamp '2012-10-31 01:00 UTC' AT TIME ZONE 'America/Los_Angeles';
2012-10-30 18:00:00.000 America/Los_Angeles
Date and Time Functions
- current_date -> date
Returns the current date as of the start of the query.
- current_time -> time with time zone
Returns the current time as of the start of the query.
- current_timestamp -> timestamp with time zone
Returns the current timestamp as of the start of the query.
- current_timezone() → varchar
Returns the current time zone in the format defined by IANA (e.g., America/Los_Angeles) or as fixed offset from UTC (e.g., +08:35)
- from_unixtime(unixtime) → timestamp
Returns the UNIX timestamp unixtime as a timestamp.
- from_unixtime(unixtime, hours, minutes) → timestamp with time zone
Returns the UNIX timestamp unixtime as a timestamp with time zone using hours and minutes for the time zone offset.
- localtime -> time
Returns the current time as of the start of the query.
- localtimestamp -> timestamp
Returns the current timestamp as of the start of the query.
- now() → timestamp with time zone
This is an alias for current_timestamp.
- to_unixtime(timestamp) → double
Returns timestamp as a UNIX timestamp.
Note
The following SQL-standard functions do not use parenthesis:
- current_date
- current_time
- current_timestamp
- localtime
- localtimestamp
Truncation Function
The date_trunc function supports the following units:
| Unit | Example Truncated Value |
|---|---|
| second | 2001-08-22 03:04:05.000 |
| minute | 2001-08-22 03:04:00.000 |
| hour | 2001-08-22 03:00:00.000 |
| day | 2001-08-22 00:00:00.000 |
| week | 2001-08-20 00:00:00.000 |
| month | 2001-08-01 00:00:00.000 |
| quarter | 2001-07-01 00:00:00.000 |
| year | 2001-01-01 00:00:00.000 |
The above examples use the timestamp 2001-08-22 03:04:05.321 as the input.
- date_trunc(unit, x) → [same as input]
Returns x truncated to unit.
Interval Functions
The functions in this section support the following interval units:
| Unit | Description |
|---|---|
| second | Seconds |
| minute | Minutes |
| hour | Hours |
| day | Days |
| week | Weeks |
| month | Months |
| quarter | Quarters of a year |
| year | Years |
- date_add(unit, value, timestamp) → [same as input]
Adds an interval value of type unit to timestamp. Subtraction can be performed by using a negative value.
- date_diff(unit, timestamp1, timestamp2) → bigint
Returns timestamp2 - timestamp1 expressed in terms of unit.
MySQL Date Functions
The functions in this section use a format string that is compatible with the MySQL date_parse and str_to_date functions. The following table, based on the MySQL manual, describes the format specifiers:
| Specifier | Description |
|---|---|
| %a | Abbreviated weekday name (Sun .. Sat) |
| %b | Abbreviated month name (Jan .. Dec) |
| %c | Month, numeric (0 .. 12) |
| %D | Day of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...) |
| %d | Day of the month, numeric (00 .. 31) |
| %e | Day of the month, numeric (0 .. 31) |
| %f | Microseconds (000000 .. 999999) |
| %H | Hour (00 .. 23) |
| %h | Hour (01 .. 12) |
| %I | Hour (01 .. 12) |
| %i | Minutes, numeric (00 .. 59) |
| %j | Day of year (001 .. 366) |
| %k | Hour (0 .. 23) |
| %l | Hour (1 .. 12) |
| %M | Month name (January .. December) |
| %m | Month, numeric (00 .. 12) |
| %p | AM or PM |
| %r | Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss followed by AM or PM) |
| %S | Seconds (00 .. 59) |
| %s | Seconds (00 .. 59) |
| %T | Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss) |
| %U | Week (00 .. 53), where Sunday is the first day of the week |
| %u | Week (00 .. 53), where Monday is the first day of the week |
| %V | Week (01 .. 53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; used with %X |
| %v | Week (01 .. 53), where Monday is the first day of the week; used with %x |
| %W | Weekday name (Sunday .. Saturday) |
| %w | Day of the week (0 .. 6), where Sunday is the first day of the week |
| %X | Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %V |
| %x | Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %v |
| %Y | Year, numeric, four digits |
| %y | Year, numeric (two digits) |
| %% | A literal % character |
| %x | x, for any x not listed above |
Warning
The following specifiers are not currently supported: %D %U %u %V %X
- date_format(timestamp, format) → varchar
Formats timestamp as a string using format.
- date_parse(string, format) → timestamp
Parses string into a timestamp using format.
Java Date Functions
The functions in this section use a format string that is compatible with the Java SimpleDateFormat pattern format.
- format_datetime(timestamp, format) → varchar
Formats timestamp as a string using format.
- parse_datetime(string, format) → timestamp with time zone
Parses string into a timestamp with time zone using format.
Extraction Function
The extract function supports the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| YEAR | year() |
| QUARTER | quarter() |
| MONTH | month() |
| WEEK | week() |
| DAY | day() |
| DAY_OF_MONTH | day() |
| DAY_OF_WEEK | day_of_week() |
| DOW | day_of_week() |
| DAY_OF_YEAR | day_of_year() |
| DOY | day_of_year() |
| YEAR_OF_WEEK | year_of_week() |
| YOW | year_of_week() |
| HOUR | hour() |
| MINUTE | minute() |
| SECOND | second() |
| TIMEZONE_HOUR | timezone_hour() |
| TIMEZONE_MINUTE | timezone_minute() |
The types supported by the extract function vary depending on the field to be extracted. Most fields support all date and time types.
- extract(field FROM x) → bigint
Returns field from x.
Note
This SQL-standard function uses special syntax for specifying the arguments.
Convenience Extraction Functions
- day(x) → bigint
Returns the day of the month from x.
- day_of_month(x) → bigint
This is an alias for day().
- day_of_week(x) → bigint
Returns the ISO day of the week from x. The value ranges from 1 (Monday) to 7 (Sunday).
- day_of_year(x) → bigint
Returns the day of the year from x. The value ranges from 1 to 366.
- dow(x) → bigint
This is an alias for day_of_week().
- doy(x) → bigint
This is an alias for day_of_year().
- hour(x) → bigint
Returns the hour of the day from x. The value ranges from 0 to 23.
- minute(x) → bigint
Returns the minute of the hour from x.
- month(x) → bigint
Returns the month of the year from x.
- quarter(x) → bigint
Returns the quarter of the year from x. The value ranges from 1 to 4.
- second(x) → bigint
Returns the second of the hour from x.
- timezone_hour(timestamp) → bigint
Returns the hour of the time zone offset from timestamp.
- timezone_minute(timestamp) → bigint
Returns the minute of the time zone offset from timestamp.
- week(x) → bigint
Returns the ISO week of the year from x. The value ranges from 1 to 53.
- week_of_year(x) → bigint
This is an alias for week().
- year(x) → bigint
Returns the year from x.
- year_of_week(x) → bigint
Returns the year of the ISO week from x.
- yow(x) → bigint
This is an alias for year_of_week().