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Working with Dates and Times in MySQL

MySQL allows for dates and times to be entered in a "relaxed" format, and then translates those entries into a standardized format. In this lab, we will be working with the date, time, datetime, and timestamp datatypes and then show how MySQL handles each one.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 1h 15m
Published
Clock icon May 17, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Log into the MySQL Server as the `root` User and Change to the **prod** Database

    Login to the MySQL server:

    [cloud_user@host]$ mysql -u root -p

    Change to the prod database:

    mysql> USE prod;

  2. Challenge

    Insert the List of Dates Provided in the Instructions into the `date` Column

    Run the following statement to insert the dates into the date column:

    mysql> INSERT INTO records (date) VALUES ('1989-02-23'), ('17-12-01'), ('19851210'), ('19:06:04');

  3. Challenge

    Insert the List of Times Provided in the Instructions into the `time` Column

    Use the following statement to insert the times into the time column:

    mysql> INSERT INTO records (time) VALUES ('12:20:45'), ('08:15'), (2247), ('11:25:08.778');

  4. Challenge

    Insert the List of Dates and Times Provided in the Instructions into the `datetime` Column

    Run the following command to insert the list of dates and times into the datetime column:

    mysql> INSERT INTO records (datetime) VALUES ('2015:07:13 04-22-47'), (120804100712);

  5. Challenge

    Insert the List of Dates and Times Provided in the Instructions into the `timestamp` Column

    Run the following command to insert the list of dates and times into the timestamp column:

    mysql> INSERT INTO records (timestamp) VALUES ('19890905071153'), ('2004;05;26 02,45,03');

  6. Challenge

    After Setting a Baseline Timezone of ` 00:00`, Update the Time Zone by ` 03:00` Hours and See Its Effect on the `datetime` and `timestamp` Columns

    Establish a baseline timezone:

    msyql> set time_zone = '+00:00';

    List the data in the records table prior to updating the timezone to +03:00:

    mysql> select * from records;

    Update the timezone by +03:00 hours:

    msyql> set time_zone = '+03:00';

    List the data in the records table and notice the change to the timestamp column:

    mysql> select * from records;
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