When formatting a date using the FORMAT() function in SQL Server, the date will be formatted according to the language of your local session. However, you can override this by specifying a culture to use, or using a custom date format.
This article demonstrates how to explicitly specify a German date format by using the optional “culture” argument of the FORMAT() function. It also demonstrates how to use your own custom date format if that is more desirable.
This article demonstrates how to explicitly format a date in Great Britain English format when using the T-SQL FORMAT() function in SQL Server.
You may or may not need to use this argument, depending on the language of your local session. However, here’s how to explicitly specify Great Britain English date format.
In SQL Server, you can use the T-SQL FORMAT() function to display a date in the desired format. This function accepts an optional “culture” argument, which you can use to specify US date format.
You may or may not need to use this argument, depending on the language of your local session. However, here’s how to explicitly specify US date format.
In MySQL, the YEARWEEK() function returns the year and week for a given date. You provide the date as an argument, and the function will return the result accordingly.
You also have the option of specifying whether to start the week on Sunday or Monday, and whether the week should be in the range 0 to 53 or 1 to 53.
In MySQL, you can use the WEEKOFYEAR() function to return the calendar week for a given date. Simply provide the date as an argument and the function will return the calendar week as a number in the range from 1 to 53.
In MySQL, you can use the WEEKDAY() function to return the weekday index for a given date. Simply provide the date as an argument and the function will return the weekday index.
In MySQL, you can use the WEEK() function to get the week number for a given date. By “week number” I mean the week of the year.
To use the function, simply provide the date as an argument and the week number will be returned.
You also have the option of specifying whether to start the week on Sunday or Monday, and whether the week should be in the range 0 to 53 or 1 to 53.
In MySQL, you can use the UTC_TIMESTAMP function to return the UTC date and time. UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time and it’s the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.
The result of this function is returned either in ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS’ or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format, depending on whether it’s used in a string or numeric context.
In MySQL, you can use the UTC_TIME function to return the UTC time. UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time and it’s the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.
The result is returned either in ‘HH:MM:SS’ or HHMMSS format, depending on whether the function is used in a string or numeric context.
In MySQL, you can use the UTC_DATE function to return the UTC date. UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time and it’s the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.
The result is returned either in ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ or YYYYMMDD format, depending on whether the function is used in a string or numeric context.