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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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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 -pChange to the prod database:
mysql> USE prod; -
Challenge
Insert the List of Dates Provided in the Instructions into the `date` Column
Run the following statement to insert the dates into the
datecolumn:mysql> INSERT INTO records (date) VALUES ('1989-02-23'), ('17-12-01'), ('19851210'), ('19:06:04'); -
Challenge
Insert the List of Times Provided in the Instructions into the `time` Column
Use the following statement to insert the times into the
timecolumn:mysql> INSERT INTO records (time) VALUES ('12:20:45'), ('08:15'), (2247), ('11:25:08.778'); -
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
datetimecolumn:mysql> INSERT INTO records (datetime) VALUES ('2015:07:13 04-22-47'), (120804100712); -
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
timestampcolumn:mysql> INSERT INTO records (timestamp) VALUES ('19890905071153'), ('2004;05;26 02,45,03'); -
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
recordstable prior to updating the timezone to+03:00:mysql> select * from records;Update the timezone by
+03:00hours:msyql> set time_zone = '+03:00';List the data in the
recordstable and notice the change to thetimestampcolumn:mysql> select * from records;
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