SQL FORMAT()Function

FORMAT() Function

FORMAT() function is used to format the display of a field.

SQL FORMAT() Syntax

SELECT FORMAT(column_name,format) FROM table_name;

Parameter Description
column_name Required. The field to be formatted.
format Required. Specifies the format.

Demo Database

In this tutorial, we will use the EXAMPLE sample database.

Below is a selection from the "Websites" table:

+----+--------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
| id | name         | url                       | alexa | country |
+----+--------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+
| 1  | Google       | https://www.google.cm/    | 1     | USA     |
| 2  | 淘宝          | https://www.taobao.com/   | 13    | CN      |
| 3  | Example      | http://www.example.com/    | 4689  | CN      |
| 4  | 微博          | http://weibo.com/         | 20    | CN      |
| 5  | Facebook     | https://www.facebook.com/ | 3     | USA     |
| 7  | stackoverflow | http://stackoverflow.com/ |   0 | IND     |
+----+---------------+---------------------------+-------+---------+

SQL FORMAT() Example

The following SQL statement selects name, url, and the date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD from the "Websites" table:

Example

SELECT name, url, DATE_FORMAT(Now(),'%Y-%m-%d') AS date
FROM Websites;

Executing the above SQL produces the following output:

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