In this article, we will study the various Information Functions in MySQL. As the name suggests, information functions provide us with information about our MySQL database. These functions are very useful in understanding the technicalities of the MySQL database. They provide you with valuable information like the version of your MySQL database, the current user …
In this tutorial, we will study the MySQL TIMEDIFF() function. Suppose you are a manager at a company and you have data on the check-in date and time, and check-out date and time for each employee for a day. You have been tasked to find out their work hours. This would basically mean the difference …
In this tutorial, we will learn about the MySQL SEC_TO_TIME() function. Suppose you are an athletics coach and you are timing the runs of your athletes who are running a race. Your stopwatch only counts in seconds (just consider you are using some ancient stopwatch). Now, you want to store these timing values in the …
MySQL SEC_TO_TIME() – Convert Seconds to a Time Values in MySQL Read More »
In this tutorial, we will study the MySQL MAKEDATE() function. Suppose someone tells you that their date of birth is the 45th day in the year 2000 and you need to enter that in their table. Of course, you could always ask them to be more specific but let’s just take this challenge, shall we? …
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In this tutorial, we will study the MySQL WEEK() function. Every year has around 52 to 53 weeks. Suppose you want to find out the week number of a particular date. For this purpose, MySQL provides us with the WEEK() function. The WEEK() function is used to return the week number for a specified date. …
MySQL WEEK() – Find the week number from date in MySQL Read More »
In this tutorial, we will learn about the MySQL QUARTER() functions. Let us first start by understanding by what a quarter means in terms of date and time. A quarter is a three-month period on a company’s financial calendar that acts as a basis for periodic financial reports and the paying of dividends. The quarter …
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In this article, we will study the MySQL MICROSECOND() function. So far in the MysQL CURTIME() and MySQL NOW() articles, we saw we can display the current time and datetime values upto certain fractional seconds precision. The time returned with a fractional seconds precision value contains what we call the microsecond value. This value is …
MySQL MICROSECOND() – Extract Microsecond Values in MySQL Read More »
In this tutorial, we will study the MySQL LOCALTIME() and NOW() functions. So far we have seen the CURDATE() and the CURTIME() functions which return the current date and current time respectively. What if we need a function that returns the current date and time together? This is where the LOCALTIME() and NOW() functions come …
MySQL LOCALTIME() and NOW() Functions – Displaying the current date and time Read More »
In this tutorial, we will study the MySQL DATE() and TIME() functions. So far, we have seen functions like CURDATE(), CURTIME() and NOW() that help display and store the current date, time, and DateTime values respectively. But what if you already have those values stored in a table and want to display them? Suppose you …
MySQL DATE() and TIME() – How to display the date and time in MySQL? Read More »
In this tutorial, we will study the MySQL FULL JOIN (also known as FULL OUTER JOIN) keyword. A join is used to combine two or more tables using a commonly related column between them. There are different types of joins in MySQL. They are – In this article, we will focus on the full join, …